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January
2012
Matt Damon says his happiest moments were in bed making his children.
The ‘Contagion’ actor has three daughters, Isabella, five, Gia, three and Stella, 14 months with his wife Luciana Barroso and is also stepfather to her daughter Alexia, 12, from a previous relationship and the Hollywood hunk says his family are the most important part of his life.
Asked by Vanity Fair for their Proust questionnaire, when and where he was happiest, Matt answered: ‘In our bed, making our children, and in the hospital watching them being born.’
Matt also revealed his personal motto is ‘Don’t be a d-bag.’
Matt has previously revealed he loves being surrounded by females even though his daughters find it easy to manipulate him.
He said: ‘When Isabella was 18 months, she was trying to get a treat out of me. I said no and she asked me again so I caved in.
‘Then my wife came into the room. Isabella looked up at her mother, shyly smiled and put her head down. I knew that at 18 months old, this creature had control over me.
‘Men don’t have a chance. I feel we’re such different species.’
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6
January
2012
Matt Damon will have to wait a little bit longer before making his directorial debut.
In October, THR reported that the actor, currently in theaters with We Bought a Zoo, would direct an untitled Warner Bros. drama that he co-wrote with actor John Krasinski. (Author Dave Eggers was also involved in coming up with the story.) Damon was also going to star in the the drama — which was described as being in the vein of Erin Brockovich—and was one of the producers on it.
Sources now confirm to THR that Damon has dropped out as director due to what are being called “scheduling issues.” It’s unclear how this move, first reported by Vulture, will impact the project. The THR source says Damon is still on track to act in the movie but declines to provide specifics.
At the time the movie was announced, Warners, which houses Damon and Ben Affleck’s Pearl Street shingle, was quite high on the project and was eying a spring production start. Story details were kept vague but the plot was known to center on a salesman (Damon) who arrives in a small town only to have his life changed. Krasinski was also due to star in it and was one of the producers. His involvement is said to remain unchanged.
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28
December
2011
Matt Damon has worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, but in his latest role as a single dad who buys a zoo, he finds himself working with children and animals. So we had to ask, is it more difficult to work with little ones and furry ones, or Brad Pitt and George Clooney?
“Definitely Brad Pitt and George Clooney,” Damon tells me on my HDNet talk show “Naughty But Nice.” “It’s similar, oddly. If a scene goes well, you throw them a treat. In George’s case, it’s vodka.”
However, it’s when his “We Bought A Zoo” co-star Scarlett Johansson compares Damon to a baby hippo that the actor really starts to speak his mind.
“I would be a baby hippo?” Matt asked me. “That is sweet. If Scarlett were an animal, what would she be … Uh, a baby hippo — bitch!”
But Damon does have someone on his side. Director Cameron Crowe said Damon would be a Lion — something he agrees with: “See! He’s got my back! No baby hippo bullshit!”
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21
December
2011
Academy Award winner Matt Damon says he can relate to Benjamin Mee, the character he plays in the new Cameron Crowe film, “We Bought a Zoo.”
“I think mostly because I saw it as a love story between this guy and his wife,” says Damon.
Mee is a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer who, as a single father, faces the challenges of raising his two young kids. Looking to give his family a much needed fresh start, he moves to a home situated in the middle of a zoo, which he and his two children will attempt to bring back to life.
“She passed away (Mee’s wife) but he is still equally in love with her and trying to kind of keep it together,” says Damon. “That really resonated with me. I would be hopeless without Lucy (Damon’s wife of six years).”
Damon tells Anderson that there are things that only a mother can give to her child. “I just see in my wife… the way she can talk to our kids and I am just thankful that she is there.”
The father of four, who says his heart grew five times when he became a dad, tells Anderson that when it comes to disciplining his kids, he’s a “total pushover.’
“You know where your partner is strong and you are weak,” says Damon. “Or where you’re strong and picking up slack for them. It really helps to have two people doing it.”
Damon and his wife, Lucy (Luciana), have a parenting trick he calls “Tag Team Parenting.”
“If you’re burning out… we treat it like tag team wrestling. Where we’re like… ‘tag.’”
Sometimes, as a parent, you need to walk around the block and take a breather. Damon says to his wife, “I am going to go over and get a cup of coffee. I will be back in 20 minutes but I need to get some air. And it’s understood.”
“I like the idea of tag team parenting,” says Anderson.
“We literally say, “tag.” You have to do that.”
Source: Yahoo!
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17
October
2011
Washington, Oct 17 (ANI): Matt Damon has revealed that he is determined to outdo his friend George Clooney and appear in more of director Steven Soberbergh’s movies than him.
Till now both the stars have been seen in the same number of Soberbergh’s movies, with each of them having one in the pipeline, but now Damon has shown his will to outdo his friend in the collaboration stakes.
“We’re tied at six. But I’m going to win – that’s all I’m saying. We each have another one lined up with Steve and then I’m hoping that I can sneak in as an extra in the one he directs after that. I told Steven that it really matters to me. I want the title. I really want it,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.
The 41-year-old actor who can next be seen in ‘Contagion’, a thriller about a fatal pandemic that sweeps the world admitted that the subject matter made everybody involved in the movie more hygiene conscious.
“Steve actually sent the script over with a note that read, ‘Read this and then wash your hands.’
“We were saying when we were making the movie, ‘We should get some stocks in Purell [a hand sanitiser]‘. We did have that conversation,” he added. (ANI)
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August
2011
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August
2011
“I met Matt Damon and it was ridiculous. I’ve met people more famous than he is and been fine. But with him I got all giggly and went red with embarrassment.”
-Harry Potter actress Emma Watson was star-struck when she met Matt Damon.
Aww Hermione is a fan 
Source: Hollywood.Com
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3
August
2011
PEOPLE may say Matt Damon’s voice in a stupid voice all the time thanks to Team America, but he’s a happy chap. He’s got famous friends, loads of money and is surprisingly self-effacing and bright. Not many people in Hollywood can have that said about them.
And, most importantly, Damon is able to maintain a pretty normal life, unlike most of his peers. This is perhaps due to his largely forgettable face.
He says:
“I have friends who are like prisoners. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for instance. They can’t just go someplace. If they go for a walk, it turns into an international incident.”
He, on the other hand…
“I’m really lucky, because I have the best of both worlds. I do the work that I love and need, but don’t need paramilitary troops to protect me when I walk out my front door.”
So how does he keep a low profile?
“Ever since I found my wife (Luciana) and we had children, my whole life revolves around that. It gave my life a dramatic change in direction. I’m not as crazy as most of the other stars. I don’t really know why, probably because I married a woman who isn’t an actress. And we live in New York.
“As long as we don’t show up in typical tourist spots, we can walk the streets without being noticed. New Yorkers are very cool, they don’t flip out if they see me.”
We’ve already forgotten who Matt Damon is! Is he Ben Affleck? Christ knows.
Source: http://www.anorak.co.uk/287715/celebrities/matt-damon-says-the-incredibly-fortunate-brad-pitt-is-like-a-prisoner.html/
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3
August
2011
At the Save Our Schools (SOS) March in Washington this past weekend, actor Matt Damon reminded us all why we should all love him.
During an interview with Libertarian website Reason.tv, Damon defended teachers (including his mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige) when a reporter asked a question that suggested teachers should be driven by the same job insecurity that drives him and other actors to allegedly work so hard. Sporting a new bald head for his work on Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming “Elysium,” Damon articulately lashed out in opposition of the comment, calling it “MBA style thinking” and affirming that teachers simply want to teach.
“Why else would you take a shitty salary and really long hours and do that job unless you really love to do it,” Damon said as his clearly proud mother stood beside him.
This led into an argument with the cameraman, who ignorantly suggested “10% of teachers are bad” much to Damon’s dismay. Watch Damon’s rather perfect retort:
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3
August
2011
Matt Damon on debt limit: ‘I’m so disgusted,’ ‘it’s criminal’ the wealthy are not paying more from Nicholas Ballasy on Vimeo.
Source: Bluestate Post
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