“People do things in the names of good, and in the name of ideals, but the world isn't that simple. So they end up doing things that aren't necessarily good. Even if they think they're doing the right thing, but when viewed from a different perspective they can look barbaric and crazy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldLooksDifferentEndsNamesSimpleCrazyPerspectiveIdealsRight ThingDoing The Right ThingDifferent PerspectiveBarbaric Author:Matt Damon
“I usually play characters that are a lot different than me. I mean, I'm never in a fight in a movie and if I'm in them, I'm usually losing.” IfsMeanDifferentPlayCharacterFightingLosing Author:Matt Damon
“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.” WritingI CanDifferentPlayWholeTheatreChainsThrustFood Chain Author:Matt Damon
“Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.” KnowsWorldLooksStillsDifferentMatterTodayNextStrangeOne DayFameYesterdayOddNext DayThings That MatterOdd Things Author:Matt Damon
“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.” KnowsWayWantWritingDifferentEndsActorsViewsKnownDirectorsRapCollaborationInvitedScreenplaysDifferent Views Author:Matt Damon
“The only sci-fi movie that I've ever been offered that, had circumstances been different, I would have definitely done, was 'Avatar.' And I literally couldn't do it because of my schedule. But listening to James Cameron talk about 'Avatar' was so fascinating. Because he literally invented the world in his mind - and it literally existed.” WorldMindDifferentDoneListeningCircumstancesFascinatingSci FiSchedulesCameronSci Fi Movie Author:Matt Damon
“Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRunningGuyLaughingKillingDifferent ThingsEstablishmentParanoidMartiniBourne Author:Matt Damon
