Matt Damon Talks About What it Takes to Succeed as an Actor

Matt Damon talks about his early years, hustling around to auditions and figuring out that he was going to need to do something different to stand out.
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[@eton13_]

The system is not built for you to succeed, you have to break through it.

[@Freiheit1232]

Exactly why I purchased my own camera because I want to be a film editor but the likelyhood of someone giving me footage to edit is minimal. Shouldn't rely on other people to help you out.

[@eton13_]

@@Freiheit1232 I myself am an Actor, Matt's story is rather extraordinary and I know I will never co write an Oscar winning film. Just got to keep your head down, follow your heart and never give up

[@matriximaster]

Your life is programmed. If you are going to succeed it will happen. Why would one person have a passion for acting and another for accounting? Free will is the great illusion.

[@eton13_]

@@matriximaster ahhhhh, you are one of those

[@eton13_]

@kolmioman iv worked construction before buddy, iv done demolition work and spent full work days sanding walls... I sure felt like I contributing to society but there no passion for your work in it..

[@jaimebarbosa1770]

Steps 1: want it more 2: work harder. Practice as much as you can 3: Never give up

[@thavambase6907]

And it worked for you?

[@rachelkarengreen99]

"want it more" is bs.

[@thavambase6907]

@@rachelkarengreen99 well none of these tips are a guarantee but not wanting it will sure as hell make u fail, unless u are the son or daughter of someone famous

[@rachelkarengreen99]

@@thavambase6907 I think we are in agreement, what I said was just semantics. I meant that if you already have a dream and want something, telling yourself you need to want it more usually isn't very helpful, and if you don't really want something that much, you can't make yourself want it by choice. I like your #2/#3 points, as well as Damon's point here, that you should find your own way of "breaking into" the industry and not just keep trying to force the worn path, because the odds there are not in your favor.

[@thebicycleman8062]

Wrong. U missed the most important step which is step 4: Learn how to create the entire thing on ur own and force it down people's eyeballs. Let me translate step 4 in practical modern context: In other words DONT FUKIN WAIT to go to auditions or agents fuck alll that, that's like waiting to win a lottery, WHAT U DO INSTEAD IS: buy or rent or borrow a half decent camera and FILM urself doing somethin u r passionate about and then UPLOAD IT FOR FREE ON EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE then SPAM THE LINK EVERYWHERE(all this so far is FREE) ur first video will probably be monkey ass balls quality. Then do it again n jus try to take 1 thing n improve on it that u learnt from 1st video.do all steps n spam. 2nd video will probably monkey ass quality but note it isn't monkey ass BALLS quality. So little improvement there. By ur 6th video it will be MEH OK . Ur 7th video will be "hmmm this is stupid but theres somethin interesting there..." by ur 9th video u will reach the level of what u probably witnessed as ur first video to discover ur favorite KZbin. Do this and only this and thank me later.

[@vincej3882]

“I’m gonna beat that guy, I want it waaay more than him.” Wow, those words spoke to me

[@user-so3yw8tr1x]

You're not the only one like him working harder and harder. It's hard to get in the industry and getting that audition, think of it as the Hunger Games, no one has any experience so they train rain and train (work hard hard and harder) and then when they seem confident they do the games and ONE comes out alive (ONE person gets picked for the audition). It doesn't seem really fair well you have to just work and be lucky.

[@hi-hellothere]

@@user-so3yw8tr1x But you don't die if you don't get the role. You can keep going into every Hunger Games.

[@user-so3yw8tr1x]

@@hi-hellothere no, i didn't mean EXACTLY, their reward is to live and your reward is to get your audition part.

[@New-qy5mi]

@@user-so3yw8tr1x it’s not about luck it’s about creating the consensus best emotional and psychological scene

[@gailainsley6939]

@@New-qy5mi It is about luck as well. You can be intense and emotional but if you don’t have the look they are going for, the connections, the right script, right place at the right time etc etc it isn’t going to go very far. Take Jennifer Lopez for example with the film Selena. Absolute perfect fit. Not many women would’ve been fit for that. That role was made for her. Now, imagine she wasn’t even someone interested in acting so didn’t audition? Imagine if the woman that the film is about didn’t pass away? Will Jennifer Lopez still be the famous woman we know today? These things make you wonder. In astrology they show positions that make someone most likely to be an actor or at least have interest in it. Every single one of these celebs have the ‘actor placements’. Which is usually things like being a Leo rising, having 5th or 3rd house placements, heavy Gemini placements etc etc (if you don’t know more about astrology other than your sun sign what I’m typing might go over your head) 😂. But to prove to you how it’s literally about the ‘stars having to align’ (no pun intended) to make this happen. Watch a video by a lady called ‘Claire Nakti’ it is titled ‘Sun dominant men’. If you watch that video you will see that the top male actors of our world all have the same placements. I actually found this video because Matt Damon and Ben Afflect were heavily featured in it. Watch the video. It will absolutely blow your mind. She links everything together perfectly.

[@jinglejangle100]

I think everyone talks about the power of hard work, but Damon did something different here. He did not fail to emphasize the power of luck. That is honesty.

[@nickred2023]

To me, luck means being in the right place at the right moment. To increase your chances for that, you have to keep trying and never refuse work. Someone I know got a job because the other person got trapped in a flooding and could not get to the office. It was a crappy job, but a few weeks later my friend met an old mate on a lunch break and got a new job, with more money and a better company. I started off with a pretty bad job, with night shifts and little money, but I was desperate to work. After some time I had the chance of another job that fulfilled some of my dreams over the years. I talked to another friend to come with me at that first job, but he refused saying he doesn't like night shifts. I would say that his career path was far for what it could've been.

[@jinglejangle100]

@@nickred2023 One never knows when one's luck will turn.

[@joepagan1828]

I don’t recall him mentioning luck

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@michaelsix9684]

at 67 I found looking back, hard work generates luck too, most people will not push themselves, those who do stand out -- life has no guarantees in anything, I almost died twice in the past 11 yrs. once from cancer and once from surgery complications, at those times I regretted only one thing: not taking more chances earlier in life and chasing a dream I had

[@yourmajesty3569]

If you can't/won't distinguish yourself from the masses, then yes, you will succumb to what happens to the masses of actors who go through the system. Matt and Ben saw this algorithm and did the work necessary to break into the inner circle of success. This is literally the definition a success in most industries.

[@enadzaferovski1791]

So it's not always about having money to buy your way into the business?.

[@Haddonfield63]

@@enadzaferovski1791 you gotta know how the game is played

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@kaiiho2572]

@@vincentleonard3113i looked it up but couldnt find anything

[@johnteeboon3627]

"The system isn't designed for you to succeed. You've got to break through it some how." So true!

[@New-qy5mi]

That’s what I love about it and that’s why I know I’ll be the one who’ll succeed

[@dawsonbpotus]

@@New-qy5mi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@NatalieViscuso-bp7ul]

Hi, i'm a Spanish actor, have you heard of Dr Russell Ehigiator on KZbin, I recommend him to anyone who need his spiritual support, he help my career.

[@stickwoodthebrand]

I love how in these interviews the interviewer let the actors talk, you won’t ever see that on kimmel or fallon

[@vladimirhorowitz]

Well they have commercial breaks and a studio audience to think about. They want quick juicy little nuggets and have to make people laugh. Here they just get to riff and go on tangents.

[@princepriceless348]

@@vladimirhorowitz shut up

[@vladimirhorowitz]

@@princepriceless348 No thanks, Princess.

[@jome3206]

'Cause they're gay.

[@mattdamon4390]

@@vladimirhorowitz Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@davidjames-cameron617]

Write your own movie and then win an oscar for best screenplay and get nominated for an oscar. Thats how you succeed in Hollywood

[@FreakieFan]

Yes. Talent.

[@oinambilson778]

Fuck that's one in a Billion

[@chrisdurling9002]

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

[@tylerjhunter]

Tons of people are working hard to write movies that will never get made, never mind starring and winning an Oscar for them. Matt and Ben are the beneficiaries of being handsome, able-bodied, etc... and, yes, talented. Talent is a form of luck.

[@Krispymanbligity]

But what if i wanna become an actor

[@joedotphp]

"The system is rigged against you" is a more blunt translation. And it's true.

[@jaimebarbosa1770]

Doesn’t mean you can’t beat it though.

[@lowieh.3451]

but who is it rigged for?

[@whengrapespop5728]

No, “rigged against you” implies that it’s designed to keep you away. If you know about film, you’ll know that good actors are investments, and people want to make money. The system isn’t rigged against you, it’s just not built for you to succeed, meaning you have to push your own way through it.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@garystinten9339]

No you quoted that wrong. That's now what he said.. you'd fail straight up because you don't listen to instruction or even quote properly.

[@WonderfulHayden]

Excellent insights from Matt. 1) Part of life is learning how to take a leap of faith, fall/fail to reach the other side, walk home and lick your wounded pride, then go out into the world the next day and take another leap of faith. That's true not only in acting, but across all other fields. 2) Sometimes you have to produce the roles you want, like Matt and Ben did with Good Will Hunting after auditioning for so long and not landing the leading roles they were so desperately hoping for.

[@Balthazar2242]

Rule #1) Be the best Rule #2) Work harder than everyone else

[@whengrapespop5728]

Rule #3) have a good attitude, and network with people. Be bold, but not annoying.

[@chestervelosophotography6702]

Be connected to Harvey Weinstein

[@emptyblank099a]

@@chestervelosophotography6702 Or any JQ.

[@whengrapespop5728]

@Eternal Atake No, that would be if you only see people as resources and tools.

[@whengrapespop5728]

@Eternal Atake Without a network you won’t make it in the industry. A simple as that.

[@robertdavis4192]

God damn, everything he says is inspiring, if you want it bad enough you just have to push yourself to work harder, you can't fail if you never give up, even if you never achieve wide reknown, if its your passion you cannot be wrong.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@NatalieViscuso-bp7ul]

Hi, i'm a Spanish actor, have you heard of Dr Russell Ehigiator on KZbin, I recommend him to anyone who need his spiritual support, he help my career.

[@someguyontheinternet2714]

Work hard and be lucky. That's life lol.

[@jaimebarbosa1770]

Just work hard

[@Tarikkb]

Jaime Barbosa just working hard doesn’t work in a lot of industries, let alone acting

[@dblyolk3535]

Being at the right place at the right time

[@artistryartistry7239]

No, that's bullshit. Work hard, and work smart and don't take no for answer.

[@Tarikkb]

Artistry Artistry u have to , work hard , be talented and lucky to make it in the entertainment industry

[@armancz]

Oh, Primal Fear was absolutely phenomenal, I saw it in a theatre and remember walking out blown away especially cause you understand it all right at the end, absolutely phenomenal.

[@chlakkireddy5565]

The books also pretty fucking amazing

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@lilliansims619]

The greatest thing I have learned in film is this, create the role you want to see yourself in. What he and Matt did is what we all could do. Create the most incredible story, and then allow yourself to take that role.

[@joachimlokossa7309]

I can't understand ?

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@Caperhere]

I remember how good Primal Fear was as a book. I’m not crazy about movies, but when that came out, I could hardly wait to go see it. Ed Norton was fantastic in it. He became a household name for me, so any movie that had his name in it had me going to see him. He’s never disappointed.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@danran1691]

This Dead Poets story has really stuck with me. Great perspective on how there can be such a range of outcomes.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@gorami]

I want to be an actor so fucking badly, Matt really gave me something inspiring to think about

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@vaugetv]

@@vincentleonard3113 what’s his channel I can’t find it

[@vincentleonard3113]

@@vaugetv Oh sorry for the late reply, search for Dr Russell Ehigiator, is also called Dr Ahmad.

[@vincentleonard3113]

@@vaugetv Hello vaugetv, have search for Dr Russell Ehigiator on KZbin?

[@neilburns8869]

I really like Matt Damon a lot, such a nice guy but also very positive outlook on life. Easy to see why he's such great friends with Ben Affleck.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@dreamsofkaia7275]

I love the realness of this...Really needed to hear this today.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@marsandfruit6135]

Basically making your own stuff does wonders. Seriously ✨

[@ActBold]

Wow, this is a quick masterclass on how to be proactive about your career. The acting industry is hard by design which means you HAVE to use your creativity to find a way into the room to get seen - find cracks in the walls and under the doors that you can slip through. Doing what everyone else is doing just makes it harder.

[@sinatraandchill]

2:11-2:17 is key! The Focus part. I think there are many different ways to find success in this business the Exact way you want to succeed, you just might have to be a little creative with it. For me this wasn't a 'no one can ever get success by waiting for a role to trickle down' type answer because that would inherently be false since there are multiple examples of that happening but more a 'we see Ourselves unable to get success this particular way so we'll carve out a new way that leads us to the same end point that we would reach if we'd stuck with the trickle down path'. i also really love the dead poets society story because it gives me hope to hear about the waiting part of it or the watching other ppl get it&you not get it part of it in a real way that's not a "I tried out for a bunch of roles&then I got spiderman" type story.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@catherineverblud1482]

I love that he said you have to break through it. It’s almost as if this career is a giant wall and you constantly have to work to figure out how to make it come down.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@garystinten9339]

​@John Weak was going to say the same thing. Don't bring down the house until you know how to do it right.

[@philwurtzel2461]

There are very few career choices where getting a top education (let's say Juilliard as a fun example) and being hugely talented and hard working can lead you to absolutely very little or no success. I produce lower budget films and over 10 years have auditioned a ridiculous amount of very talented actors PLUS hard working as hell. We can only hire one for the role. For so many nothing happens for years or ever. I can say this now with many years in the industry and more then a few films under my belt: Talent, check - hard work, check- good looking, check - Now who do you know and can that person hire you, nepotism really helps (as in ANY field) and be networking always, people like to hire friends or people they know PLUS!! a bit of luck really helps.

[@natalie_denise_sperl]

Nailed it 🙌🏻

[@aisharicci6400]

I agree 100%

[@cgonzyoutube]

Let me work with you then!! Look at my stuff on my channel :)

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@DominiqueMarsell]

As a lazy aspiring actor its good to know types like Matt Damon will eat my lunch if I allow them. Must increase my appetite even if the meal has mayo on it.

[@steveotatooed]

Dominique Marsell he sure will

[@MANZANOADRIAN]

write

[@kansasgoldilocks]

Same principles for any type of artistic work where you're competing with others. Work hard, take feedback, keep trying, "get lucky." (Always be ready to "get lucky.") I deal with it as a freelance writer. Just keep trying and learning.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@genuinelyjag]

Most real interview I’ve seen with Matt. Matt possesses this ability to be 100%, no bullshit with people. I hope he stays this way despite the PC mob always looking for an excuse to bring him down for it.

[@rax816]

Haha PC mob..if there's such a thing then he's part of it lol. He's not a conservative.

[@genuinelyjag]

​@@rax816 The world isn't divided into just either conservative or PC.

[@VideoGuy232]

Jagraj Wasan Tell that to conservatives lmao

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@strawberrybananavape8988]

Aww Sam looks so cute in his Red Sox outfit and hat. Usually he’s dressed in normal clothes and not wearing a hat, you can tell he got dressed up for some occasion. Cute.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@allisonroberts1379]

Matt Damon is just awesome. Like De Niro, Streep, Nicholson & Hoffman, Matt is this generation’s superlative actor!

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@gianthills]

@@allisonroberts1379 looks are number one. Acting is secondary.

[@OneDayAtATime365]

Ricky Gervais,Simon Pegg,Sylvester Stallone,Seth Rogan,Bill Hader,Billy Bob Thornton ect ect. They all found a niche and wrote themselves into roles that solidified themselves in cinema history. From there, the momentum is created. Even if it doesn't propell you to AAA success. I do believe it highers the outcome of successfully being on the "radar." Sucks if you're not much of a writer. Suppose that's where networking comes in. I'm fantastic at verbally articulating myself. To put pen to paper persay is another story. 😅 Good luck ya'll. Never give up on your dreams. If you don't "succeed". My prayer is you don't give in to bitterness or resentment. Sometimes I have a nauseated warped feeling watching movies or TV. I question why I'm not capable or have achieved what I aspired to years ago. Let's just be brutally honest. There's countless amounts of super awkward and or obnoxious actors with almost 0 appeal or talent out there. Yet, make a decent living for decades. So if "so and so" actor can do it so can you! My only hope is to become a working actor. Pay the bills and make a lifelong living working in cinema. Even if I'm just a bit part on a recurring TV show.

[@riledmouse4677]

I’m surprised those guys haven’t written and produced more movies over the years. GWH was SO good.

[@GwaiZai]

I don't think studios want to make movies like that anymore, too risky of a bet compared to superhero movies, which are the most juvenile, reductive thing you can put on screen and call it adult entertainment. I think our culture is suffering for it. We need stories about real people to stop the hate.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@robtakoda]

i love the fact that matt said those last comments, its exactly how i feel about the photography industry

[@Matyasmon]

Primal Fear is one hell of a movie (one of the best movie of all time). It's very underrated. The Firm, another great movie that's very underrated.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@Elderdragonn]

My biggest issue is ignoring people who don’t believe in my dream. I have recently learned to just keep it to my self.I begin acting classes next month and this time I won’t back out because my friends/family are laughing at what I want to do.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@garystinten9339]

What you do has nothing to do with them anyway. Do you think major stars give a shit what the average fan thinks of their role or their position?? No. Do you honestly think thinking about what others think really matters.. only the ones that are either paying your wage or giving direction matter..

[@jenniferbates2811]

I've always wanted to be a professional extra for movies. I'm 43 now so probably won't happen. But how fun it would be!

[@UnwrittenPlaylist]

Jennifer Bates age should not restrict you. These jobs don’t have an age barrier, you should pursue it. You miss every shot you don’t take.

[@jenniferbates2811]

@@UnwrittenPlaylist thanks so much hun! Maybe when the virus gets under control.

[@limormarkovzki8451]

The pay is minimum wage. Plus you will give commission to your agent. Look up Union list's of agents where you live. Anyone can do it. It's pretty much blur. Only do it with Covid tests.

[@jenniferbates2811]

@@limormarkovzki8451 thank you. I don't think that I would invest in an agent. I just want to do it once or twice.

[@integral]

Don't count on it. I was an extra in Howard the Duck. Stayed up all night at the craft service table in a parking lot, chatted with crew guys and an incredibly small woman who was a stunt double for Howard. Boring as hell and paid only $45. You can do better.

[@satevo462]

Primal Fear's twist is one of the great all time movie twists.

[@debrajenkins1622]

Matt in a movie seems so low key but I never feel bored watching his movies. If there was a war Id want to be in his group.

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@b00i00d]

"Ben and I would go to auditions where kids would be there with their parents, like, their mom was making them go..." Yes, we know: Leonardo DiCaprio and Toby Maguire (for example). But I like Matt Damon and I don't think he meant this as a specific dig. Very honest advice too!

[@samanthab1923]

x iLeon Come on Leo can act circles around Damon. He & Ben' s big gripe was with Chris O'Donnel.

[@jonathantstorm3859]

@@samanthab1923 that's not really true. Dicaprio is way overrated. He can act but he overdoes it and screams and shouts too much. Damon is a subtle natural type actor. One who let's it come to him. At the end of the day though this is all subjective.

[@samanthab1923]

Jonathan Teelucksingh That's your opinion. If it weren't for Bourne his career would have floundered. He's a nice guy. People put him in movies. But he doesn't have that thing. Watch Bale. Leo has it too.

[@jonathantstorm3859]

@@samanthab1923 and if it wasn’t for Titanic DiCaprios career might not be where it is today. So it goes both ways. Same with bale and the Batman trilogy. Everyone has their big break in fact Damon is superior cos he had to fight for his harder when he wrote good will hunting and it became a massive success so again you’re entitled to your opinion but get your facts right.

[@samanthab1923]

Jonathan Teelucksingh He's a nice guy I guess but he just doesn't pack that same punch on screen. Not to say I don't mind a story or two from him. Just prefer Bale & Leo 😘

[@androssteague]

So in a nut shell if you want to succeed, build your own thing wether in Hollywood or your own business. Does anyone get the feeling that all these how to succeed self help videos say the same thing?

[@chrisdurling9002]

androssteague Too bad people will pick them apart rather than listen.

[@haykav]

Why won't you do it then?

[@mattdamon4390]

@@haykav Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@razorempire3383]

Thanks for inspiring me man I will become a successful actor 👍❤️

[@Abby_cox]

Helpline 👆🏻👆🏻🔜👆🏻👆🏻

[@mugensamurai]

Not only is Matt Damon friends with Batman but he's worked with 2 Batmen before and Peter Pan.

[@Mikeplaysdbd]

This is soo badass truly amazing

[@mustangsally2048]

Good interview. Side note: what’s up with the baseball outfit?

[@Sam-mc2dk]

Yeah...right. It's kinda weird. I wonder what went through Matt Damon's mind when he first saw him in the outfit?

[@nogoogleplus]

Killer interview, thanks

[@eddiefury]

A wise man once said..."Were at the top of the mountain, but were only half way up. Think about it" RRRRAAAAAUUUUULLLLL!

[@carlchilders6069]

"....you need to get extraordinarily lucky" We all know that your luck is created by many factors that you do and dont control. Lets focus on what you do. 1.) Never give up (leaning, adapting, trying, and improving). 2.) Be honest with yourself "I'm not getting that chance again....what am I going to do about it"? 3.) In this day and age? Make your own content. (Dont ask the world. Show the world). Do THESE things and more? And you MAY get "extraordinarily lucky too". IN all? You have to know WHY you do whatever it is that you do. The WHY will take you though it! If you don't know WHY then the odds are too great...time is too short...and you should do something where you know your WHY.

[@barneyclifton6402]

The same as pretty much anything, it's about how much you want it and going as hard to get it as possible. It is a tough business so there's actually not many people giving it a go anymore, so at least that is a bonus.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But you need to be lucky

[@barneyclifton6402]

@@lexkanyima2195 you make your own luck.

[@furezj]

"YOU GOTTA BE WICKED SMAAAAHT." - Matt Damon

[@tiolim9999]

Just makes his own movie and plays out of his mind I mean ok what a boss

[@charcoalelement6276]

That was honest truth about how you got to fight to succeed.

[@Anna-gh6gm]

They always say to make your own art and I think this is one of the best reasons why that I've heard for an actor.

[@vincentleonard3113]

For everyone who is eager to succeed as an actor or actress, I recommend Dr Russell Ehigiator a great spiritualist on KZbin, he help my career as footballer.

[@EladLavyUzan]

A great thing to remember if you're and actor trying to make it is that living the life of successful actor won't necessarily bring you that much more happiness than having a regular job,sometimes less. So what's the point? So don't be so attached to that 1 in a 100000 chance of making it,cause the benefit is an illusion,you can have a great life or better without it :) Also you're life isn't less important if you're not famous,99.9999999 aren't lol

[@Haddonfield63]

That’s why I say time and time again. What are you doing it for? I love acting so I don’t do it for the “fame and recognition” I love the business and everything about movies. Short film or blockbuster. I’m actually more of a fan of the movies not so big in name that most who follow the glitz and glamour of Hollywood wouldn’t know about. Create your own definition of “making it”

[@karimali2034]

Love from my heart

[@jakemckoy1280]

Luck is when preparation and opportunity meet. You can get an opportunity, but if you’re not prepared for it, it’ll pass you by.

[@burnpoet]

"You need to get extraordinarily lucky..."

[@1fastmex]

Amazing interview!!

[@wenlambo]

Fortune favours the brave.

[@youginchung1876]

the work of matt damon shows and the work of leonardo dicaprio shows the actions of these two actors comprehend characters in

[@emiliawarenski9366]

I came here because i just got denied for a role and thank you for these words because the frustration was huge :/

[@Abby_cox]

Helpline 👆🏻👆👆🏻👆🏻

[@DrAdnan]

I think KZbin and social media is the way to get a step up nowadays if you don’t have connections.

[@johnhernandez5938]

Adnan A naaa not for film or acting I’d say. Not many big KZbin or social media stars have made a serious jump to movies. Most only go as far as getting half assed cameos or extra roles in trashy movies.

[@Enzologyy]

Power of manifestation is a big piece of success

[@winonawu8260]

Talents will find their own success sooner or later

[@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD]

Fuck talent.. there is no such thing as talent when it comes to acting.. you are being yourselves or learning step by step to being someone else.

[@mre7152]

@@JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD You're basically just learning how to react as your natural authentic self within the constraints of the script and your character's personality. Which really is just being a normal guy and showing authentic emotions for most actors.

[@janelletedesco]

I've never heard the story about Dead Poet's Society and that was incredible!

[@lexkanyima2195]

A rumor

[@Dupri227]

That was well said!!!

[@russelconor8704]

@Chrysippus Camper this is only true in part. Yes, being attractive helps, but in fact the greatest actors who have Oscars and other awards, are simply very talented, great actors, and that they look great as well? Well, some are born full package, but also you have to be hard working. It's a myth that you don't have to work hard in Hollywood. In fact I work in the industry few years now and it's very hard work - actor or director, or anyone. Very hard.

[@GwaiZai]

ir helps a lot to have features the camera likes or finds interesting (i.e. things our brain read better when captured through a lens) like a bigger head and a smaller body, or a flatter face to be shot more easily from the side, etc. but at the end of the day you usually have to have the talent. Those are the people that last anyway - see Christopher Lee's advice on this. FWIW I think Riz Ahmed is the finest actor working in film today followed by Joaquin Phoenix.

[@JARonin]

2:25 Solid Gold

[@garrettk7166]

Matt Damon! Matt Damon.... Matt DAMON!

[@daedalus_20v]

LOL at all the people "correcting" Matt Damon in the comments. I see this on every interview, someone complaining, "it's just dumb luck" or "it's all about looks" or "it's who you know" and 100 other things. The man is here telling you exactly what it took to break in (for him at least), and y'all are like "no no no, that's not it, it's this other thing." Okay then. Let me know how that works out for you. Somehow, even with all the dumb luck, the nepotism, the rigged system, greedy producers, and whatever other boogeyman is specifically keeping YOU from your dream, there are new actors, new TV shows, new movies, new books, new commercials, new shorts, new web series, new video games, and new comics every single day. Neat trick, huh? Life ain't fair! But do yourself a favor and look up how many currently world famous actors, filmmakers, and musicians were, at one point, completely broke, destitute, homeless, in prison, living in their cars, living in a bus station, living off food stamps, drug addicts, etc. Life wasn't fair to them either, but they're famous now... I guess they just "knew somebody!" 👀

[@emptyblank099a]

They're millions of failed actors/directors/ and millions more. It has nothing to do with hard work.

[@Bfolks84]

There’s like 5 movies out now that I auditioned for that I didn’t get that I sat at the movie theaters or living room watching like “what didn’t I do right that this person did ??”

[@youginchung1876]

success as in terms of the world beats nothing but yourself up

[@rosie6]

Wow that first anecdote hurts😢i know the feeling

[@vgerkinte3202]

The first actor that I actually believe

[@kavinvanich]

I think my one skills is i’ll work harder

[@amonray1902]

I dont have to gamble to 'succeed' Il just watch matt damon movies 😘

[@mattdamon4390]

Hi Amon... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@idrissuhrheinrich6633]

Hey Matt thanks for the advice

[@zotharr]

"The system is not built for you to succeed, you have to break through it." It seems to me, that this isnt only about getting into acting, but life in general...

[@juke8424]

Any actors in this comment section all ill say is, separate your ego completely. Ask people to be honest with you and to tell you what type of person you look like. Too many people try to put an aspect of themselves into characters and never even get close to "making it" you have to be completely able to remove ego and sometimes even pride.

[@Haddonfield63]

The game of life is transcendent. When you understand the game like it seems you do you realize it’s not as hard as people make it seem to “make it in Hollywood” ask yourself what are you really doing it for.

[@jmbs9833]

he likes the word like a lot, like A LOT...

[@tonyflemingos9246]

Matt damon looks like walberg brothers in black and white

[@dorianlogan449]

Best way to become successful in the industry, step one have money, step to have more money, step three be born in to money, step four have connections. That’s pretty much it

[@sukhdeepbutty2399]

Who knew John Cena was full of wisdom.

[@davidmatthews2676]

Sukhdeep Butty that’s Matt Damon bruh come on naww

[@heyfellows9017]

Breakthrough the system, that was something that people usually don't talk about.

[@JOESUBA122]

Yes! This is why I am doing my own thing 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿🎬🎬🎥🎥 I love this

[@ttddoogg10]

Thanks 🙏🏾....

[@LiahB]

Inspiring. I will be a successful actresses! 🙏🏽

[@haydenryder2134]

me too keep working

[@mattdamon4390]

@elissa Hi... Thanks for liking and watching my movies, if it were not for a wonderful fan like you I wouldn't be here today.

[@mattdamon4390]

@elissa living in Canada or Los Angeles won’t be a barrier for you to either become an actor or an actress, no matter where you’re, your dreams will always come to pass with hard work

[@mattdamon4390]

@elissa you’re most welcome, so tell me for how long have you been a fan ???

[@GabrielVilodre]

Can you invite Damien Rice to the show?

[@robertdavis4192]

You know his daughters are going to change the world, to have a father like they do, encouraging and advising with the priceless wisdom of experience that is unique to Matt's life, the possibilities are endless. I don't mean in the entertainment industry necessarily, but in government, science, philosophy, maybe the next Pynchon will be a Damon, inspiring a cultural movement which one day brings about a utopian era of gender equality whose ideological bible was the work of a Damon Daughter.

[@blakris9382]

when will you do make an interview with taylor lautner??

[@CadillacJak]

Great

[@farmerfox3332]

Key word, "work"

[@netflixafricanmovies133]

The jamas bon the Gus is special really

[@Stillreal312]

(Not necessarily in Hollywood) *I WILL be an established actor when I'm 40 years old* My two first steps are 1. Study 2. Network My most important rule will be "have fun with it"

[@roberthesse7430]

It sounded like he said Ethan Hawke was nominated for an Oscar for Dead Poets Society, which he wasn’t.

[@Paul___35q2]

Binance's CEO opens up about future developments in an exclusive interview

[@acrididi]

1:32 that's the important part, no luck involved

[@jazzguy1927]

Matt Damon is nothing as an actor compared to a woman I acted with once. They say there are a lot of people in Hollywood with talent. As a struggling actor for many years I thought so too as I saw many more skilled than I was. Until I had a real eye opening experience in a play I was in 20 years ago. From being in that play I discovered that actually nobody has much talent based on the performance of an actress in that play. This woman was the best actress I had ever seen. Her performance made all the academy award actresses I had ever seen in films put together look like nothing compared to this woman’s talent. We had rehearsed for months and a few days before the performance the lead actress got sick. The producers didn’t want to scrap the play so they held some quick auditions for a replacement. I was at the auditions when hundreds of actresses showed up. They were good but nothing special. One actress was given a ride by her older sister who sat watching the auditions. The director kept saying No, No you are playing an aging prostitute reflecting on the mistakes in her life. You are not believable. At a break the actress with the sister wanted to practice so she gave the script to her sister to work on it with her. It was like lightening once in a lifetime. The sister was unbelievable. Everyone, the director the producer the whole cast stopped and watched. The director asked the sister to read the lead part. She put the script down and said she didn’t need it as she had memorized it by listening to the women auditioning. She did the part cold with not having ever rehearsed it. It was unbelievable.Her acting, but it really was not acting, because she BECAME the prostitute, was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. After doing some of the lines she would stop and ask if it was ok if she did it again but change some of it because she said as written it was not how the real Lola would have responded. The writer was there and remarked she was actually improving the lines for the part. Everyone asked her how she did that. She said script only captured 80% of the character and when she acted and became the character she added the 20% that was missing to make Lola a whole person. The director immediately dismissed the other actresses auditioning for the part and said she had it. Then he said to her tell me the truth. NO actress in the entire world can do what you did without months of rehearsal but it was an original play never done before so she couldn’t have seen the script before. Everyone asked how did she do it. She said when she was 7 years old her mother took her to a broadway play. On seeing it once she memorized all the songs in it and performed them on the subway coming home. She said people clapped then asked her to do some of the speaking parts. She did the lead actress then did it again and added some lines because she said that was not what she thought the character would say. She then told everyone she went to see Sweeney Todd with her sister. She said the actress doing Mrs. Lovett was terrible and was just a funny caricature of the real Mrs. Lovett. The real person was a much darker evil person. Everyone then asked her to do Mrs. Lovett. She did and I have never been so scared in my whole life. I was afraid to turn my back on her after that because I was afraid. On the day of the performance of the play only about 20 people showed up and there was only one performance. This woman’s performance was earth shattering. All the actors and actresses in the play said they gave the best performance of their lives due to acting with her. I had some lines with her and it was the best acting I ever did in my life due to interacting with her. They said she lifted the whole company up. After the play all she could do was console her sister that she didn’t get the part. She told her sister I am a language teacher and do acting for fun. I have never seen anyone ever before or since with a hundredth of the acting talent this woman had. She has never been in a single movie or TV show. If she had she would put everybody to shame with her amazing unique talent. This woman really IS the one in a million. The highlight of my whole life was reading my 5 lines with her.

[@ididitmyselfyeaaahhh855]

Wow that’s incredible! Does she have any social media? I would like to learn from her. My drama teach always says to me that I am far ahead in knowing my monologues and the characterisation then my peers but sometimes unable to portray that emotion further, she mentioned that when ever I perform she would get a glimpse then I sorta revert back to myself and making me disconnected with my character. When ever I read a book or online monologues I would actually see it happen in my head from their way characters are dressed to their mannerisms sometimes. And I sorta play a movie in my head whilst reading. My weakness is portraying a character who’s emotions I never felt. I can read and understand and know how this character is supposed to do but actually portraying the character is bit of challenge nonetheless I love the challenge bcz it unlocks a new side to my acting skills. I would like to get some insight and learn from that talented women!

[@jazzguy1927]

@@ididitmyselfyeaaahhh855 - It might be the most difficult acting ability to portray a character with emotions you have not experienced. This actress can do it better than anyone I have ever seen. She reads a script and becomes the character totally like she does not exist anymore. I saw her play an aging prostitute in a one act play. She was so good that after the play audience members asked her if she was ever a prostitute and she said no. Many said they did not believe her because she couldn’t possibly play a part that close without experiencing it. Also the actor working with her said after the play said that was the best acting he had ever done in his life. He said it was not like he was working with an actress but the real person in the play or script. Probably the most amazing thing I saw her do was she played a Japanese ghost in a noh play. It is a special ancient Japanese play that requires the actors to move in very specific and unnatural ways. This actress watched KZbin videos of Japanese actors performing noh plays, and Japanese master actors teaching the details of how to move the arms, fingers, head, neck, shoulders, and how to glide when walking without moving the body. She did this perfectly. So good in fact that Japanese members of the audience said she is the ONLY western actor who has ever portrayed a completely authentic performance. Other people in the audience thought she was Japanese with her makeup, outfit, facial expressions and Japanese voice. She speaks in addition to English, also Spanish, French, Russian, any British accent , New York accent all so authentic that people from those countries hearing her swear she is from that country. I have heard her speak Russian and Russians say she has to be from Moscow. Yet she is from Brooklyn New York. Many actors and actresses have asked her to teach them to do what she does. She says she can’t. She said she was born with this ability and can’t teach it. But every actor who has worked with her has said she has made them act better than they ever did in their whole life. Here is clip of her from a burlesque show she appeared in. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqe5amijqsyChbM. She had never ever done any burlesque performing before. She said she became Tempest Storm and Bettie Page for this show. Audience members swore she had to have been doing this for years but she hadn’t. After the show she took off her costume and became her shy self again. Men told her that they could tell she got a lot of sexual excitement dancing like that and turning men on or she couldn’t possibly perform that way. She said no, I am not the person you just saw on that stage. It was all an act for the audience. Men in the audience after the performance said they knew she was coming on to them personally by the way she looked at them. She said she wasn’t but she was just acting and putting on a show as a burlesque performer as accurately as she could. This woman is the most amazing actress that ever lived. I have never seen anyone close to her ability. She quit doing any burlesque anymore because of too many men propositioning her after the show saying she was the sexiest woman they had ever seen. She kept telling them she was not the person on that stage but just a regular woman. She said she liked putting the costume away and being herself again.

[@SDwilly]

Steps: Get WIlliam Goldman to ghost write your script Get famous off that Keep it going

[@charleshurstreinvention3959]

Look I'm not saying Damon doesn't have talent but the fact is he never struggled a day in his life. He was young in the movie Mystic Pizza and then picked up in School TIes which set him to stardom. It happens and many times it doesn't happen. Something I just told my own subscribers in my topic this week. Some of you out there (including this writer and vlogger) have the artist aspiration. You have been told by the very few who made it to believe in yourself and never give up. Well the simply fact is the arts are very different than any other profession. Because usually--someone else has to let you in. Now what I would tell you if you are 18 or 40 and feel that your destiny is in the arts? I would not tell you to just stay the "safe route" and give up on your dreams. I would tell you to pursue the artist aspiration smartly. Get another trade that you at least like. So the agents of industry never have you by the throat. You have to go to work anyway so you might as well have the job that pays well. I never went through the starving artist phase. I went through a starving student phase. So when I finally did pursue the artist endeavor I did it with a job I also like that contracts for 100K a year and four month vacations in Europe. That's how you go through being a starving artist. You don't starve at all. Hope this helps someone---Charles

[@MrFally2009]

Definitely feel like this as an extra regarding his experience with dead poet society 😂