The danger of course is always is caricature. The biggest challenge was to sound like Nelson Mandela. Everything else is easy to do, walk like him. He has a few ticks and things I noticed that I picked up. I didn't have any agenda, as it were, in playing the role other than to bring it as close to reality as I possibly could.
Matt DamonStill, the change is nearly indescribable - going from total obscurity to walking down a street in New York and having everybody turn and look; to feel the temperature of a room change when I walked in.
Matt DamonThere are people who just collect a bunch of footage and then edit it later. You definitely feel more protected when a director is moving on when you've actually felt something happen and you know they're watching intently.
Matt Damon[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.
Matt DamonThe only way I can describe it-at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; it's just full all the time.
Matt DamonClint Eastwood enables and allows things to happen. You walk on some sets and it's like walking into an emergency room. It's like, "Come on guys, we're just making a movie here." That tension runs into the performances and into the movie.
Matt DamonThere are a lot of things that I really question - the legality of the drone strikes, these NSA revelations. Jimmy Carter came out and said we donโt live in a democracy. Thatโs a little intense when an ex-president says that. So you know, heโs got some explaining to do, particularly for a constitutional law professor.
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