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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It's a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales through the eyes of Terry Gilliam, ... This film was actually an excuse for Terry to create an entire world. He does this so well with wide-angle lenses. Terry's frames are so densely packed with information that you can't take it all in the first time.
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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,
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We have a similar perspective, ... We're total hams.
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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.
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We actually begged him to switch roles because he originally cast us flip-flopped and we both felt like we'd done that before. So we asked him and it's more challenging and more fun for everybody if they're doing stuff a little differently.
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The fact that Terry was directing the movie sold it to me,
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They had to do it quickly and quietly to avoid all the media nonsense. It really is a shame that it's come to the point where celebrities have to sneak around to get married.
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The movie is really a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales. It's also an excuse for Terry to create an entire world, which is what he does so well. He has his wide-angle lenses and extravagant production design. His frames are so densely packed with information. He directs like no one else.