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
running writing kids
I've gotten much better at multi-tasking. It's hard, though. But, writing a script is not totally focused. You're taking little breaks, all the time. If a kid runs in, you give 'em a horsey ride. It's a pretty fluid process.
writing play theatre
The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies - and having been the writer, I can say from experience - the writer is lower down on the food chain.
writing thinking ideas
If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it.
writing trying stories
If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.
rap writing views
Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want to inflate their parts. But when directors know you write screenplays and have a different view of things, you really get invited into the huddle in a much fuller way. And those collaborations end in friendships.
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.
best chance choose greatest might odd people project script smartest voted
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.
ben insanity media outlets
Ben just didn't want the insanity of media outlets at his wedding. He didn't want a circus,
guy sit talking
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.
few shows talk
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.
great talented three
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,