Matt Damon
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Damon has received several accolades, including an Academy Award from four nominations, two Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards and five Emmy Awards...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 October 1970
CityCambridge, MA
social-values actors feels
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 some social value.
differences issues making-a-difference
Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't know about before. Then tell somebody else.
insane needs sometimes
Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage
get-better ifs
If you work at something, you get better at it.
teacher thinking impact
I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.
swings people choices
Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These Actor s end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging. I know that's the way Heath Ledger feels and Ben Affleck feels the same way, too. We want to take the big swings...
details obsessive
He's famous for being obsessive about details.
used should
I don't see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.
next-day yesterday one-day
Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.
fake-people real fake
It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.
beyond bizarre celebrity cold fame hot profession ridiculous totally
This whole hot and cold thing is completely ridiculous and totally beyond an actor's control. It's a really insecure, bizarre profession and it's compounded with the whole celebrity and fame thing.
perspective similar total
We have a similar perspective, ... We're total hams.
action good obligated signed
When I did the first one I only signed up for the first one 'cause I didn't want to be contractually obligated to do more than one if it wasn't a good experience. And, I'd never done an action movie and I was a little leery of the whole thing,
anywhere beer dot free great hang ink local major noticed page totally worth
We were totally free to hang out anywhere and no one noticed us. We were not even worth a dot of ink on a page in the local newspaper. It was great to just go out and have a beer with no major hoopla.