Ben Affleck wants to be a role model for his little girl Violet. He told USA Today, "I've never been very judicious about my own behavior or choices until they had an impact on people other than me. Obviously, my wife. And my daughter, who's going to have my last name – I don't want her to mutter it over a drink. I want her to be proud of her old man."

Ben, 34, and his wife Jennifer Garner never released photos of one year old Violet. He said, "We just didn't sell them – that was the thing."

"I'm extraordinarily lucky and privileged, and I've tried not to be bitter, but I have developed a reactionary defensiveness."

He added, "But for my child, she didn't make the bargain I did. She didn't make that choice. And I don't want her to have to pay for the parents' sins. I try to protect her privacy. I'll end up in the magazines, and that's life, and I can live with it, but I try to shield my daughter."

Posted 11:15am EST 12-11-06