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… — 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… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
It's pretty easy to kind of lose your way. Having kids is really helpful. They kind of disabuse you of the notion… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I've gotten much better at multi-tasking. It's hard, though. But, writing a script is not totally focused. You're taking little breaks, all… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I… — 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