Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have a friendship that spans decades. The pair met when they were just little boys growing up in Boston, sharing the same dream. Today, they’re Oscar winners, acclaimed actors, writers, and still best friends. Matt Damon shared a bit more about his friendship with Ben Affleck with People. Matt said that even though becoming an actor is a huge dream, Matt and Ben stuck by each other.
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“I think Ben and I bolstered each other when we were young. We were in our teens, and we were coming down here to New York on the train or on the bus to audition for things, for The Mickey Mouse Club. We were the only people who believed in each other. We had families, but they weren’t in the entertainment business,” he said.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Are in the Same Season of Life
The pair each have children on the verge of spreading their wings and moving on in life, which can leave a couple of dads feeling pretty melancholy. Matt said that having your best friend experiencing the same things helps.
“It doesn’t take much to get us emotional at this point,” Matt Damon said of Ben Affleck. “We’re at very similar stages with the kids, and it’s definitely a new phase of life. It was one of the reasons we started the company, getting into our 50s and going, ‘This is the time to do this. We’re young enough to have the energy to do it and old enough to appreciate why we should do it and to make really good movies with our friends and with people we want to work with.’”
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