"Matt Damon said something to me that I really have lived by ever since [...] "At the end of your career, when someone looks over your filmography, all they remember is if the movie was good or not. They're not saying, "Oh, he got [to] play that crazy character!" Or, "Oh, all those people were in that movie." He says "all people know is if the movie was good or not," and all that has to do with whether the script is any good; so, if you consistently choose good scripts — whether you're in three scenes or every scene — you're going to build a very strong résumé."
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