If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As actors, we react to the material that's out there, and I probably just react more strongly to things that I feel… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
It was shameful and embarrassing that there were two years in a row without a single actor of color nominated. That's insane. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Our kids are growing up with more privilege than we had; that's true for most of my friends in L.A. I don't… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I'm actively trying to get away from the over-exposure that happened eight years ago. The only thing a celebrity can do in one of… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I sometimes check… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's going on… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
We're here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don't you want them to be proud that you were part of… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
If you're just an actor you're reactive. You're saying, "Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance at a… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Clint Eastwood expects you to know what you're doing. He's going to take two giant steps back and let you do it. I have… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As actors, we react to the material that's out there, and I probably just react more strongly to things that I feel will have… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
And you know, we were talking about American identity, and where we've come from and where we are and where we're headed. We knew… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image