2023
Jason Bateman says that in the film Air, Ben Affleck directs Matt Damon for the first time.
“in Air, the film that we're talking about, Ben, for the very, very 1st time, directs Matt.”
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Matt Damon
8 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
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After surviving cancer, Michael Douglas starred in the Liberace project directed by Steven Soderbergh and co-starring Matt Damon.
“I was really fortunate enough to have this Liberace project, uh, with Steven Soderbergh and Matt, uh, Damon”
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Ben Affleck says he and Matt Damon auditioned for projects such as the Mickey Mouse Club early in their careers.
“we did a lot of auditioning very early on. For for for for the Mickey Mouse Club, for example.”
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Ben Affleck says that for a time he and Matt Damon agreed to split all their earnings.
“for a while, we had this thing where we're like, we'll just split all our money”
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Ben Affleck says he met Matt Damon in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when Affleck was 8 and Damon was 10.
“And then Matt moved there from Newton when I was 8 and he was 10, and that's when we met”
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Ben Affleck says Matt Damon was already performing in Wheelock Community College Theater at age 11.
“Doing Wheelock Community College Theater when he was 11 years old.”
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Ben Affleck says he and Matt Damon recorded their improvised scenes on audio cassettes while developing Good Will Hunting.
“yeah, we recorded it, yeah, on on what were audio cassettes at the time?”
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Ben Affleck says a drama teacher at his public high school taught writing, directing and acting together rather than as separate skills.
“we had a great, uh, teacher, drama teacher in high school, who taught us kind of sort of writing, directing, acting”
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