Matt Damon Quotes: His Top Ten Best Quotations & Sayings

Matt Damon's best quotes will usually make you crack a smile. Ones that don't are motivational or revealing of how down to Earth he is. No matter which kind of Matt Damon sayings you like best, you are sure to come away impressed. For a man that has starred in such big movies as Goodwill Hunting and The Bourne Identity, it would be easy to see him having a big ego. However, Matt Damon remains one of the most level-headed and, therefore, most liked celebrities in Hollywood. Here are his ten best quotes so far.

Quote on being a dad

"I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job."

Matt Damon quote on being a nobody

"It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody."

Thoughts on relationships

"It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants."

Quote on how he beats the paparazzi

"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."

A surprising truth about Matt Damon

"Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year."

Swing away

"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 actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging."

Matt Damon quote on Being People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2007

"You've given an aging suburban dad the ego-boost of a lifetime."

Matt Damon quote on why he is considered one of the nicer celebrities

"I guess some of these people must be such rampant pricks that people are amazed when you say hello."

His next role

"What I want to do is a character-driven porn movie. It's all going to be about characters, and the porn's gonna grow all out of the character's and it's going to serve as character development."

A new Bourne?

"Bourne the musical. That was my suggestion. I think you have to kind of change the genre. It's either got to be porn or a musical to re-ignite the franchise."

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