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"It was offered to me. When Spielberg says jump, bitches say how
high?"
Matt on why he took the role in 'Saving Private Ryan'
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"i told Kevin i wouldn't do the movie if ben took his shirt
off...Matt"
Matt on "Dogma"
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"A lot of things were important to us writing this script: just treating
people nice, not having regrets in the world, being responsible in your
relationships and the way you treat other people. That's our philosophy,
basically the Golden Rule."
--Matt on the GWH script, to PEOPLE Online
(Submitted by
Katie)
"It was five years of a lot of struggling, with very low lows and very
high highs."
--Matt on writing the GWH script
(Submitted by
Katie)
"Well, I'm a genius."
--Matt laughing about how autobiographical GWH is
(Submitted by
Katie)
"I don't care if we're nominated for best morons, because I'd think, well,
I got nominated with Ben, and that's pretty cool."
--Matt on the pre-Oscar buzz
(Submitted by
Katie)
"Well, we grew up together, and I think we just look at the world in the
same way. He's the funniest guy I know and the best actor I've ever met.
Um, I just admire him greatly. You gotta admire a close friend of
yours."
--Matt on his best friend Ben Affleck
(Submitted by
Katie)
"The suits were going, 'Boys, we were thinking half a mil'. And Ben and
I, who weren't sure if we can afford McDonald's tonight, are sitting there
like 'Half a mil? Hmmm'."
--Matt on the GWH writing deal
(Submitted by
Katie)
"Some say I use the f-word too much."
Matt in Teen People
(Submitted by Chloe)
"I don't know if Ben's my best friend. He was just sorta
there."
Matt from E! Online
(Submitted by Chloe)
"Knowing that I am the greatest guy in the world really makes it
simple."
(Submitted by
amberr@home.com)
"I'm not as into fashion as Tom."
--Matt on the
Rosie
O'Donnell Show, July 21, 1998.
(Submitted by Alexis)
"I figured, Hey! if I can't make money as a waiter, I may as well be an
actor!"
(Submitted by
vw22106@navix.net)
''For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be an actor.''
(Submitted by Kristen)
''Mom, do you want my green stuff?''
Matt's only line in 'Mystic Pizza'
(Submitted by
Elyse)
''Do you like apples? Well, I got her numbah. How ya like
them apples?''
Matt in 'Good Will Hunting'
(Submitted by
loveing_only_you@hotmail.com)
"Well, Ben cheated on me in 87, but no, we dont really fight."
Matt on whether he and Ben ever fight
(Submitted by
Lizz2318@aol.com)
"I'm certain I wont be anyone's sex symbol."
Matt in a Teen Magazine interview
(Submitted
by PunkeyB98@aol.com)
"See the sad thing about guys like you is in fifty years your gonna come
to the fact that thier are two cirtianties in life, one, don't do that and,
two, you dropped a hundred grand on a fuckin' education you could have got
for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library."
Matt in 'Good Will Hunting'
(Submitted
by reldridge@winthrop-hs.winthrop.k12.me.us)
"The suits were going, 'Boys, we were thinking half a mil'. And Ben and
I, who weren't sure if we can afford McDonald's tonight, are sitting there
like 'Half a mil? Hmmm'."
Matt on the 'GWH' writing deal
(Submitted
by Katie)
"We're constantly accused by people who come in and out of our circle
of friends that we're the most boring people ever."
Matt on him and best bud Ben Affleck
(Submitted
by SugR10870@aol.com)
"I know it seems strange, but we had a good time doing those hospital
scenes in The Rainmaker- even though it killed that she had to look so awful.
You really believed she was seriously hurt (she played an abused wife). I
kept wanting to bring her water or something, and she would say "Matt, I'm
really OK."
Matt on working with Clair Danes in "The
Rainmaker"
(Submitted
by SugR10870@aol.com)
"You like apples? Well I got her number. How do ya like them
apples?"
Matt in 'Good Will Hunting'
(Submitted
by Michele)
"Mom do you want my green stuff?"
Matt in 'Mystic Pizza'
(Submitted
by Elyse)
" You know the difference between lawyers and hookers? Hookers will stop
screwing you after you're dead."
Matt in 'The Rainmaker'
(Submitted
by Bosse2002@aol.com)