Careers Quote by Matt Damon

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

[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.

— Matt Damon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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