I should have done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't even want cigarettes anymore. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want… — 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… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
It's an objective fact, that if you want to solve some of these huge, kind of bigger problems of extreme poverty, you… — 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… — 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… — 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
If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As somebody who makes his living in the movie business and wants to contribute to it, I think that the best chance… — 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
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
I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The ideal life is you don't sell a single magazine, nobody's interested, but they want to come see your movie. Because that… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't… — 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
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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