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Top 90 Matt Damon Quotes (2025 Update)

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.”

2. “You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.”

3. “Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.”

Matt Damon Quote: “If we listen to the better angels of our nature, there are creative and good solutions to serious problems.”

4. “If we listen to the better angels of our nature, there are creative and good solutions to serious problems.”

Matt Damon Quote: “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.”

5. “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 Quote: “It’s better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”

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

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “I didn’t grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that’s great wealth.”

8. “I didn’t grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that’s great wealth.”

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “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.”

10. “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 Quote: “Some people just see the glory and they don’t want to know about the story.”

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

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “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.”

13. “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 Quote: “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?”

14. “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 Quote: “Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.”

15. “Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.”

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

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

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “It’s pretty easy to kind of lose your way. Having kids is really helpful. They kind of disabuse you of the notion of your greatness pretty quickly.”

18. “It’s pretty easy to kind of lose your way. Having kids is really helpful. They kind of disabuse you of the notion of your greatness pretty quickly.”

Matt Damon Quote: “You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.”

19. “You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.”

Matt Damon Quote: “People do things in the names of good, and in the name of ideals, but the world isn’t that simple. So they end up doing things that aren’t necessarily good. Even if they think they’re doing the right thing, but when viewed from a different perspective they can look barbaric and crazy.”

20. “People do things in the names of good, and in the name of ideals, but the world isn’t that simple. So they end up doing things that aren’t necessarily good. Even if they think they’re doing the right thing, but when viewed from a different perspective they can look barbaric and crazy.”

Matt Damon Quote: “If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it’s got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It’s not therapy – it’s supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.”

21. “If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it’s got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It’s not therapy – it’s supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.”

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Matt Damon Quote: “I honestly if I get a vacation I’m gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that’s the one place I haven’t been for a very long time.”

22. “I honestly if I get a vacation I’m gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that’s the one place I haven’t been for a very long time.”

Matt Damon Quote: “I can’t think of any more important value to instill in our children than the desire to help others. I feel strongly about setting an example for them. Real problems can be solved by the next generation if we instill in them the right values.”

23. “I can’t think of any more important value to instill in our children than the desire to help others. I feel strongly about setting an example for them. Real problems can be solved by the next generation if we instill in them the right values.”

Matt Damon Quote: “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.”

24. “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 Quote: “The 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.”

25. “The 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 Damon Quote: “The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn’t believe this guy was taking my picture, so when he told me to get in the bathtub, I just did. It’s only now, looking back, that I realise, you don’t have to do everything people tell you.”

26. “The very first big photo shoot I ever did was with Bruce Weber. I couldn’t believe this guy was taking my picture, so when he told me to get in the bathtub, I just did. It’s only now, looking back, that I realise, you don’t have to do everything people tell you.”

Matt Damon Quote: “When you have a child, your relationship with every child in the world changes. It’s like you’re in a club you didn’t know existed before a child came into your life. I believe you should make the world more beautiful for all children in any way that you can.”

27. “When you have a child, your relationship with every child in the world changes. It’s like you’re in a club you didn’t know existed before a child came into your life. I believe you should make the world more beautiful for all children in any way that you can.”

Matt Damon Quote: “If you’re just an actor you’re reactive. You’re saying, “Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance at a role,” whereas if you can generate your own content, then you can go where you want to go.”

28. “If you’re just an actor you’re reactive. You’re saying, “Well, I hope Hollywood gives me a role, or gives me a chance at a role,” whereas if you can generate your own content, then you can go where you want to go.”

Matt Damon Quote: “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.”

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “Right before ‘The Bourne Identity’ came out, I hadn’t been offered a movie in a year.”

31. “Right before ‘The Bourne Identity’ came out, I hadn’t been offered a movie in a year.”

Matt Damon Quote: “As for poker, I’ve stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean’s Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think ‘actor’ and see some easy money.”

32. “As for poker, I’ve stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean’s Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think ‘actor’ and see some easy money.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.”

33. “Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer.”

Matt Damon Quote: “You don’t know about real loss, ’cause it only occurs when you’ve loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you’ve ever dared to love anybody that much.”

34. “You don’t know about real loss, ’cause it only occurs when you’ve loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you’ve ever dared to love anybody that much.”

Matt Damon Quote: “I’m always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it’s a director’s medium, and if they don’t want to hear from me I just step back.”

35. “I’m always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it’s a director’s medium, and if they don’t want to hear from me I just step back.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Most days I wish I never met you. Because then I could sleep at night. I wouldn’t have to walk around with the knowledge that someone like you was out there. And I wouldn’t have to watch you throw it all away.”

36. “Most days I wish I never met you. Because then I could sleep at night. I wouldn’t have to walk around with the knowledge that someone like you was out there. And I wouldn’t have to watch you throw it all away.”

Matt Damon Quote: “The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I’m from, which is a middle-class place. So that informs everything about me, my politics and all that stuff. I mean, politically, I vote against my own self-interest at every election. I actively ask these people to raise my taxes.”

37. “The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I’m from, which is a middle-class place. So that informs everything about me, my politics and all that stuff. I mean, politically, I vote against my own self-interest at every election. I actively ask these people to raise my taxes.”

Matt Damon Quote: “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.’”

38. “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 Quote: “My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones in such a senseless and heartless way.”

39. “My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones in such a senseless and heartless way.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.”

40. “Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Now that I have kids, I’m probably more overprotective than I’ve ever been. My wife’s nickname for me is ‘red alert.’ I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.”

41. “Now that I have kids, I’m probably more overprotective than I’ve ever been. My wife’s nickname for me is ‘red alert.’ I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.”

Matt Damon Quote: “I don’t see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.”

42. “I don’t see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.”

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

43. “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 Quote: “It’s intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I’m a writer, so I’ve written movies. I’ve read at this point thousands and thousands and thousands of screenplays. So if something gets me, then I don’t ignore that.”

44. “It’s intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I’m a writer, so I’ve written movies. I’ve read at this point thousands and thousands and thousands of screenplays. So if something gets me, then I don’t ignore that.”

Matt Damon Quote: “Our problem is civil obedience.”

45. “Our problem is civil obedience.”

Matt Damon Quote: “And you know, we were talking about American identity, and where we’ve come from and where we are and where we’re headed. We knew that we wanted to have a hopeful ending and we wanted it to be pro-community, and a pro-democracy type of movie.”

46. “And you know, we were talking about American identity, and where we’ve come from and where we are and where we’re headed. We knew that we wanted to have a hopeful ending and we wanted it to be pro-community, and a pro-democracy type of movie.”

Matt Damon Quote: “I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a ‘thing’ at an earlier point in my career. I’m aware of having become a ‘thing’ now, which doesn’t give me a lot of pleasure.”

47. “I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a ‘thing’ at an earlier point in my career. I’m aware of having become a ‘thing’ now, which doesn’t give me a lot of pleasure.”

Matt Damon Quote: “I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn’t double – it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don’t really give them anything.”

48. “I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn’t double – it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don’t really give them anything.”

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

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

Matt Damon Quote: “Well, look, I have to go. Gotta’ get up early and waste some more money on my overpriced education.”

50. “Well, look, I have to go. Gotta’ get up early and waste some more money on my overpriced education.”

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