If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not… — 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 these articles is hurt their own career. If I give you a really good interview, am I going to get a movie out of it? Fuck no. So what's the argument for saying anything, unless you… — Matt Damon Copy Share
[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 and how much secrecy and transparency there should be. That's an on-going thing - in a democracy you want checks and balances and oversight, but you need a covert agency to protect the country. It's a… — Matt Damon Copy Share
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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