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
color years two
It was shameful and embarrassing that there were two years in a row without a single actor of color nominated. That's insane.
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I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was so desperate to get a job and couldn't and so it's kind of an anathema for me to turn down work.
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Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.
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I should have done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't even want cigarettes anymore.
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I need to know if she [Sarah Palin] thinks dinosaurs were here four thousand years ago... because she's going to have the nuclear code.
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I'm moving into a time when I might be more violent, ... I could foresee the choice under certain circumstances. There are lines that are crossed and it could get dangerous.
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I'm not a fan of ( President Bush ), so I let out a big cheer (over West's comments),
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Its completely ridiculous and totally out of our control, ... Its like, OK, well if it doesnt work then ultimately you have to claw your way back or not. Youll just kind of fade until another works or doesnt. I mean. Its really an insecure bizarre profession.
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They were really influential guys -- they unearthed all of these stories and collected them and wrote them down and suddenly everyone got very proud of their heritage; and then there's our movie,
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We just had a three-day junket, and I'll do a few more talk shows in New York,
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First, I was skeptical about a sequel, ... Even when we promoted the first one and that question came up -- would I sign up for the next one? -- I said, 'No, there is no next one.'
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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.