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Matt Damon

(1970) Film Actor United States

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Matt Damon is a film actor from the United States, best known for Good Will Hunting.

Quick Facts About Matt Damon

Born: October 8, 1970
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Good Will Hunting
Spouse: Luciana Bozán Barroso

About Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was…

Anathema

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There are a lot of things that I really question - the legality of the drone strikes, these NSA revelations. Jimmy Carter…

Carter

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I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.

Dad

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I honestly if I get a vacation I'm gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that's the one…

Causes

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Clint Eastwood just runs an incredibly tight ship, but it's really laid back.

Laid back

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Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to…

Agree

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Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that…

Apply

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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…

Amount

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Oftentimes when I'm deciding to do a movie, the main thing is really, that I look at, is the director. I've come…

Cinema

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My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious…

Contentious

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If you work at something, you get better at it.

Get better

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If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it.

Feels

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Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear.…

Acting

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For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and…

Actors

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I'm not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Those guys walk into a room and the room changes. I think there's something more...…

Average

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If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with…

Brad

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It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

Fake

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Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There's a faucet everywhere. But the…

Clean

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The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn't believe this guy was taking my picture,…

Back

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Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't…

Action

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I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much…

Absent

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There are people who just collect a bunch of footage and then edit it later. You definitely feel more protected when a…

Bunch

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I started 'The Rainmaker' in August 1996, and I've been working consistently ever since. It's not like I had some grand plan;…

August

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All parents are trying to balance. Look, I'm lucky in the sense that I can control my hours. I can choose my…

Balance

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If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.

Bored

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