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Photos of Matt and family walking in New York on Wednesday are at PopSugar and Socialite Life. Photos of Matt at Los Angeles airport on Friday and signing photos for professional autograph hunters are at Zimbio.
Matt talked again about how he would like to change his professional name at babycenter.com.
Director Alexander Payne talked about wanting to work with Matt at The Guardian:
In his films Payne tends to juxtapose known actors alongside unknowns or non-professionals – those people who don't know how to be anything but who they are. There are few American stars he'd like to work with, he says, and he names them for me. "I like [Matt] Damon. Did you see him in The Informant? That guy is a disciplined actor. I want to work with Clooney again, I want to work with Giametti again. I like guys who will do anything, who don't have vanity – somebody who's a real full person, not just an ambitious actor."
Steven Soderbergh talks about pranking Matt for the retirement rumors at NY magazine:
Do you regret calling it a "retirement," or at least telling Matt Damon when you thought he was drunk that you wanted a break?
Soderbergh: [Laughs.] I've always said that Matt is a terrific actor. I'm stunned by his recall. He appeared to be very drunk at the time. Let's just say this: If Matt is able to be so good an actor that he can transform himself into a red-faced, puffy-looking, slurring companion, and that's just acting, then I'm doubly impressed. He had me fooled. He looked really lit. But you can't trust these actors, can you? They could be faking it. Or maybe I'm just gullible. I got fooled. So maybe I blew it, because he was actually just acting drunk, and I thought he was drunk, so that's a double bad on me. I should have known! [Laughs.]
Perhaps you owe him a prank in return.
There's a lot of opportunity for pranks. And he does spend an inordinate amount of time in a hot tub, so I'll get working on that. It's not going to be small. It'll end up on the news.
A story on the Toronto toy store used in Good Will Hunting is at The Star.
Another photo of Matt from the GQ photo shoot by Ben Watts is at matthewpaigedamon tumblr:
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| From: (Anonymous) |
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January 16th, 2012 10:43 pm (UTC)
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Vanity Fair Questionnaire
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So I finally got my hands on the Vanity Fair with Matt, and read the rest of his answers. He said he wouldn't name his greatest fear because he didn't want to "give it a voice". He said that there is no one he despises in the world (!) and that the depths of misery is to "have hatred in your heart". The person he most admires is Nelson Mandela, his heroes are his parents. He says he wishes he could play all instruments, and be fluent in the language of music.
He sort of refused to answer questions like "What would you change about yourself?" and "What do you most dislike about your looks?" by saying if I could change something I would, if not I don't think about it, I don't spend time thinking about my looks, etc. And he also said he would change "absolutely nothing" about his family and that true happiness was having his healthy/happy children within an arm's reach. He said he originally thought that Lucy was the love of his life, but "then I met our four kids".
I like his answers to the questionnaire (better than, say, Daniel Craig, who avoided or joked on every question), but I was very surprised that he didn't admit to despising anyone in the world (George Clooney said he hated the President of Northern Sudan).
I also just saw "We Bought a Zoo" and while the first half wasn't as well-crafted as I was expecting, the 2nd definitely made up for it....very beautiful.
Grace
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