Matt Damon has some genuinely interesting facts:
Matt Damon co-wrote Good Will Hunting with his college friend Ben Affleck while they were both struggling actors. The script won them an Oscar when he was just 27.
He turned down huge early paychecks because he cared more about good scripts than fast fame. That gamble paid off.
Damon lost around 40 pounds for the film Courage Under Fire, which affected his health for months. He has said he would never do weight loss that extreme again.
He is fluent enough in Spanish to give interviews without a translator.
Despite playing action heroes, he considers himself more of a character actor at heart.
Matt Damon is famously private about his family life and has been married to the same woman since 2005, which is rare in Hollywood.
He once made more money from The Bourne Ultimatum than any actor had ever earned from a single film at that time... readmore
