“All parents are trying to balance. Look, I'm lucky in the sense that I can control my hours. I can choose my jobs, and not everybody has that choice. But I definitely, it's a family decision every time I take a job.” TryingLooksI CanJobsChoicesParentHoursDecisionBalanceLucky Author:Matt Damon
“Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.” PeopleTryingEffortAdvantageParanoid Author:Matt Damon
“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.” IfsWayWantWritingTryingStoriesProblemAudiencePiecesDrawsEntertainmentSupposed To BeRelateTherapy Author:Matt Damon
“Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don't have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair.” TryingKindMeanBigsKidsSchoolChoicesDealsPayConversationMy FamilyDiscussionGiantsProgressiveUnfairBig DealPublic EducationPrivate School Author:Matt Damon
“It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.” ThinkingWantTryingPersonsVersionsBeing YourselfJust Being You Author:Matt Damon
“Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These Actor s end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging. I know that's the way Heath Ledger feels and Ben Affleck feels the same way, too. We want to take the big swings.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingEndsBigsWantedChoicesActorsLosesPositionProtectSafeSwingsRoutesClinging Author:Matt Damon
“I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.” TryingKindWantedTheoryLabelsDodge Author:Matt Damon
“I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character.” TryingWholeCharacterFunProcessSleepInterestingTroubleFiguresResearchScriptsShootingAnxiousRestlessTrouble Sleeping Author:Matt Damon
“Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is "red alert." I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.” IfsTryingSometimesKidsParentWifeRedMy WifeChecksBreathingNicknamesHelicoptersOverprotectiveRed Alert Author:Matt Damon
