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
kids water age
We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under the age of five, right, dies somewhere on the Earth because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Every 20 seconds that happens on our planet. It's just very hard for us to relate to.
drinking reality water
Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There's a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.
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[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.
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You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.
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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.
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Even though, by their own admission, the people who voted for that script didn't think it was the best script, it probably was the smartest movie to choose because it does, in an odd way, give the project the greatest chance of surviving, because the movie might actually make money.
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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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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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We just had a three-day junket, and I'll do a few more talk shows in New York,
I got the call. He wanted me there and I wanted to be there but couldn't make it because it was such a last-minute thing,
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My suspicion would be that it would've been released sooner, but they had so much else going on with their own deals and starting this new company,
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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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But it's rare, the three out of three. I think for me, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' had a great script, a great director, and a great role,
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I looked Terry straight in the eye and he finally confessed,