Ben Affleck's certainly in a good mood!

Maybe he's just pumped because he's about to get the Favorite Humanitarian Award at the People's Choice Awards tonight or maybe he just loves talking football?! Either way Ben couldn't have been chattier when our cameras caught the 42-year-old actor having a lunch with some friends at Tavern in Brentwood, Calif.

The buff daddy stopped and talked to our camera man about the second round of the NFL playoffs this weekend (at least we think that's what he's talking about ... we don't know anything about sports nor do we care ... but, he's really hot ... so that's nice), as well as his upcoming humanitarian award, which he says he's "very excited" to receive.

"We are so pleased to honor Ben with the 2015 People's Choice Humanitarian Award," said executive producer Mark Burnett in a statement. "This award has become an important part of our show. It highlights a different side of a celebrity and helps bring awareness to a cause that our audience can support."

The Gone Girl star was picked as this year's winner for his work with Eastern Congo Initiative, a grant-making and advocacy-based organization that he founded in 2010.

The people have spoken -- and they are all about Ben! And we can't blame them!