Matt Damon Quotes

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

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• Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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• In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• I'm not good with catty girls. I'm too laid-back.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
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• I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.

  

  Harold Ramis
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• I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still blessed with the opportunity to make music and pass out a message like, 'Life is good,' to the world.

  

  Nas
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• I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

  

  Harrison Ford
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• I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

  

  Pat Paulsen
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• I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.

  

  Vince McMahon
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• Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.

  

  Saint Basil
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• I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
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• The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

  

  E. M. Forster
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• Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.

  

  Obie Trice
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• Twerking has to end. Not for the ones that look good doing it, but for all the ones that you feel, 'You don't have enough to twerk back there. Your twerkin' look like jerkin.'

  

  Ice Cube
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• I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
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• One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.

  

  Randy Houser
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• Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
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• When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled, and you're treated with kid gloves. Everyone is like, 'Can I get you some water?' or 'Can I put on your slippers?'

  

  Tanc Sade
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• When I'm not training, I'm typically doing anything self-care, so, like, bath bombs and face masks, or, like, having a movie night with my family, if that's possible.

  

  Laurie Hernandez
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• One half who graduate from college never read another book.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
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• Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

  

  David Ortiz
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• There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can't think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point.

  

  Binyavanga Wainaina

• I wanna be funny, but if I have a chance to make a point while being funny - why not?

  

  Chris Cubas
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• I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

  

  Matt Damon
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  • Movie