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
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I would have played any role in this movie just to work with him, ... He's got the greatest energy, and it's totally infectious.
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In our own defense, we thought we were meeting with the head of Touchstone Pictures for a movie deal. We just never questioned why the head of Touchstone would want to meet with two unknown high school students,
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Everyone will be like, 'Ben, it's a comeback!' I'll sit there and say, 'What the f---? A comeback? What are you talking about? The guy has always been great. He never went anywhere.
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Ben just didn't want the insanity of media outlets at his wedding. He didn't want a circus,
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It's my final shot at giving up. He was recommended by so many people
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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 follow me.'
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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 guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.
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I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.
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Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know that my parents felt that way and I know that my grandparents felt that way and everybody worked hard so that their kids had a better chance. I just don't want to be the first generation that doesn't do that.
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Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.
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Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.
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For Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again.
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If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home.
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.