Ben Afleck has made the successful transition from actor to director and his latest film Argo is even being tipped for an Oscar but the Hollywood veteran confessed that slipping into the director’s chair has made him feel isolated from his fellow actors.

Speaking to Britain’s Shortlist magazine, the father-of-three has revealed that his co-stars couldn’t relax around him on the set of Argo. "I'm not one of the guys anymore," he told British magazine Shortlist. "I remember I was walking over to the house guests and I heard one of the guys talking about getting stoned - I think somebody had brought something into the house - and as I arrived everybody clammed up. I thought, 'When did I become this guy? What am I, the dad?' I'm an a**hole all of a sudden."

Ben has been married to actess Jennifer Garner for seven years

The actor who found fame with best-friend Matt Damon when they wrote and directed hit film Good Will Hunting together also revealed they had to go their separate ways professionally because their much hyped friendship was becoming a distraction.

"We wanted to have our own identities; this whole Matt and Ben thing was so strong it kind of upstaged whatever the movie was. I think it's been long enough now, so we're about to do this movie together called Whitey, about this famous gangster [Whitey Bulger] in America. Matt's going to play him and I'm going to direct," he said.

Ben with his BFF Matt Damon

We’re big fans of Ben’s work in front of the camera so we hope he won’t be hanging up his thespian boots altogether!