Film Quotes by Matt Damon
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Matt Damon’s fourteen observations on movies give a concise sense of his approach to role selection, teamwork, and the craft of acting. This short set works well as an introductory look at his film philosophy.
![“The director's in charge of every single decision [in film]. It's a dictatorship.It's a benevolent dictatorship, but it's true. It's every single shot. There's nothing arbitrary.” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5e2/matt-damon-3371_arbitrary_the-director-s-in-charge-of-every-single_2696809.jpg)
![“Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear. I'm not saying that's a good thing; as an actor its anathema to good acting, but to have someone with the confidence to say that should I be utterly natural and minimalist is…” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c8/matt-damon-3371_acting_most-films-and-directors-lose-their-nerv_2125567.jpg)
![“It's very frustrating [ to work under director's control], not just because you're getting rejected constantly, but also because you're at a time in your life where you have an enormous amount of creative energy, and there's no way to express it. That's why a lot of people get into drinking or…” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/40b/matt-damon-3371_amount_it-s-very-frustrating-to-work-under-dire_2022748.jpg)
![“Before the days of video village a director should stand right next to the camera, look with his naked eye and if he sees something that is real to him, he'd look up at the [camera] operator and if he gives the look to indicate he'd seen it to, then you print and you'd move on.” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dcd/matt-damon-3371_cameras_before-the-days-of-video-village-a-direc_2949528.jpg)
![“[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.” quote by Matt Damon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e41/matt-damon-3371_access_americans-can-t-understand-that-the-wate_61619.jpg)
