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| Matt: (joking about the Bourne trilogy)
"Bourne the musical." That was my suggestion. I think you have to
kind of change the genre. It's either got to be porn or a musical to
re-ignite the franchise.
Matt: (on
kissing good friend, Angelina Jolie, in “The Good Shepherd”) It’s a
little bit like kissing your sister. Even though you have a really
hot sister, it’s still a little awkward.
Matt: (on
doing love scenes with Angelina Jolie in “The Good Shepherd“) Doing
a love scene with the girlfriend of a good friend is weird. We all
know each other.
Matt: (Damon
says giving journalists exclusives does nothing for his career) I'm
actively trying to get away from the over-exposure that happened
eight years ago. The only thing a celebrity can do in one of these
articles is hurt their own career. If I give you a really good
interview, am I going to get a movie out of it? F**k no. So what's
the argument for saying anything, unless you have this rampaging
need to please?
Matt: (on who
has given him the best advice about Hollywood) Mickey Rourke. He sat
me down and said, 'Don't mouth off to people in Hollywood, like I
did. You gotta be on time and disciplined. I fucking blew it.' It
still sticks with me at the end of a long day of rehearsals--or
doing one more interview!
Matt: I want
to do is a character-driven porn movie. It's all going to be about
characters, and the porn's gonna grow all out of the character's and
it's going to serve as character development.
Matt: (on
working with Jack Nicholson) I have a lot of funny stories, but I
like this one. Marty [Martin Scorsese, director] called me up and
said, 'Jack had some ideas for your scene tomorrow. He's going to
wear a dildo.' So I thought, 'Uh, okay.' I thought he was joking,
but he actually did! I was impressed at how obscene he was willing
to be. With Jack, you expect the unexpected.
Matt: (on
attending a real drug bust as research for "The Departed") When we
were in the crack house I was scared. I'm sure I was in no real
danger and they brought twice as many cops as they usually do. I was
in the back of the line, so I had my bullet proof vest on, standing
there going, 'Well, what am I doing here?' And I didn’t go in until
they cleared the house, but I got to see them do it.
Matt: (on
attending a real drug bust as research for "The Departed") I said to
the cops, 'Have you ever seen the movie The Hard Way with Michael J.
Fox?' That was what I thought I'd do. 'Hey! I got a gun?' They're
like, 'Absolutely not. Shut up!'
Matt: I think
you can control the effect that fame has on your life by the way you
choose to live... Not dating a celebrity is big.
Matt: (on
being typecast) 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.
Matt: As for
poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in 'Vegas
for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to
play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor"
and see some easy money.
Matt (on being
a struggling actor): 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.
Matt:
Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from
everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and
like the choices you made.
Matt: Right
before The Bourne Identity came out, I hadn't been offered a movie
in a year. Because The Legend of Bagger Vance had come out and
bombed and All the Pretty Horses had come out and bombed.
Matt: Success
is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those
movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much
ado about nothing.
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