A couple of stills photo from two of the best loved scenes in GWH.
"That Matt Damon is going places", Gregory Peck, 1998.
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There is also this about Ben and his apparent lack of desire to vote, despite being a vocal supporter of Gore. I'm guessing the same can't be said of Matt, and there is no mention of him, yet he was also present at the Democratic Convention and a vocal supporter of Gore.
NY Post's video site has some interviews re Matt, mostly about film releases and reviews. Do a search at here
A Pretty Horses interview includes this passage, when Matt was asked about his views on money: "Knowing that my nephew's college is paid for, and someday I can have kids and their college will be paid for. For me personally, my theory on money is that it should be used for experiences: travel and stuff like that. And if you have extra, you should give it away."
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(Speaking of Rounders, check out today's feature photo, and the photo to the left - one of my fav. "Rounders" was another of Matt's underappreciated movies that should have been a hit, with the talented Ed Norton as co-star. It is an intellgent, understated film. And Matt is a feast to the eyes in this pic. If you are a newly converted Matt fan, this one is well worth checking out.)
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And a Big Matt Fan responded thus:
Thanks for the amazing quotes, Felicity. You can tell that Ted Tally absolutely loves Matt, both as an actor and a person. Many people have gushed about Matt, but Tally's defense is unusually striking in its vigor. Like Matt, Penelope, and Billy Bob, he, too, claims that ATPH changed his life. One can't help but wonder what occurred on that set that made the experience so profound.
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JTL: So did Good Will Hunting really change Hollywood's perception of you? GVS: Yeah. Good Will Hunting changed everything for me. And for Ben [Affleck] and Matt [Damon]. For all three of us, I think. It changed our lives, you know. JTL: Tell that story that you told me about being with Matt. GVS: [Laughs] Yeah, well, when we were making Good Will Hunting there was a period of time when we shot the film and were editing it, and we really thought it was coming out well. I was pretty positive that it was gonna make the two leads, Ben and Matt, into some kind of standout actors. There was one moment when I was walking down Hollywood Boulevard with Matt at night, and I probably was playing with him a little bit. I knew that as an actor he was wondering whether he would ever get to the point where people actually would recognize him; it's something that happens if you're an actor, or something that occurs to you. I said, "You know, probably after two months you won't be able to walk down the street like this. People will gather around, and they'll point at you." JTL: How did he react? GVS: He didn't know whether I was kidding or not. And I was kind of kidding, but was serious at the same time. And it actually came about that way. So that he was stalked in airports and stuff. Which is probably not that fun anyway after it starts to happen. JTL: Do you prefer the perception of you now? The respect now? GVS: When I first read Good Will Hunting, I just thought, this is perfect. You know, everything is perfectly in place. Even when films are made to be like Good Will Hunting -- you know they're supposed to be mainstream feel-good movies -- they aren't written perfectly. They're written kind of halfway. You could just film the script that I was reading, and it would be fine. And one of the things that was attractive was that it wasn't anything I'd done before. I had this profile of being a renegade weirdo. Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho and To Die For were my three films -- oh, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Cowgirls was more like the box office disappointment, so I had a sort of bad-boy profile.
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