Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same… — 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 know any actor who grew up with any particular privilege, so everyone wrestles with this. And I think,… — 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
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