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
The only way I can describe it-at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way. — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
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… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
I think what makes a good actor's director is somebody who understands what I'm doing and is respectful of it, but who… — 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
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
That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It… — 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
When you have a child, your relationship with every child in the world changes. It's like you're in a club you didn't… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost… — 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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