Matt Damon is an American. He is an actor, a producer and a screenwriter. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Damon began his acting career in high school theater production

Matt became popular after he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting. He has received several awards including, an academy award and two Golden Globe Awards. Here are some Matt Damon quotes that will inspire you.

Inspiring Matt Damon Quotes

“As a struggling actor, you’re not looking for parts that define you; you’re just looking for work.” Matt Damon

“It’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.” Matt Damon

“Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage.” Matt Damon

“If there’s an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I’ll do it.” Matt Damon

“We’re here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don’t you want them to be proud that you were part of the solution?” Matt Damon

“Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” Matt Damon

“Bond is part of the system. He’s an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It’ll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they’re just very different things.” Matt Damon

“I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just – then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.” Matt Damon

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“It’s just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.” Matt Damon

“Some people get into this business and they’re so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These Actor s end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I’m going down swinging. I know that’s the way Heath Ledger feels and Ben Affleck feels the same way, too. We want to take the big swings.” Matt Damon

“Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know that my parents felt that way and I know that my grandparents felt that way and everybody worked hard so that their kids had a better chance. I just don’t want to be the first generation that doesn’t do that.” Matt Damon

“I’ll play Pretty Pretty Princess with you if you just let me watch a little bit of March Madness.” Matt Damon

“Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don’t have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I’m trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It’s unfair.” Matt Damon

“If I had a bucket list, I’d say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.” Matt Damon

“Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn’t know about before. Then tell somebody else.” Matt Damon

“Our problem is civil obedience.” Matt Damon

“I think marrying somebody who’s not a celebrity, it just takes a lot of the pressure off.” Matt Damon

“I think what’s important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.” Matt Damon

“For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we’re going to start talking about things we don’t fully understand and sound like idiots.” Matt Damon

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“I should have done it years ago. It’s amazing I didn’t even want cigarettes anymore.” Matt Damon

“Some people just see the glory and they don’t want to know about the story.” Matt Damon

“History is change happening one person at a time.” Matt Damon

“I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.” Matt Damon

“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 Damon

“Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There’s a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.” Matt Damon

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“If you work at something, you get better at it.” Matt Damon

“If you can’t help people, then what is the point of being successful?” Matt Damon

“Liberty is a soul’s right to breathe.” Matt Damon

“All you have in the end is to look back and like the choices you’ve made.” Matt Damon

“If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they’d get bored in a day.” Matt Damon

“Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: ‘I won’t do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.” Matt Damon