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.
Matt DamonFor Ripley I learned to play some songs on the piano, and I never really played them again.
Matt DamonThe better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?
Matt DamonI 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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