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As actors, we react to the material that's out there, and I probably just react more strongly to things that I feel will have some social value.

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Matt Damon
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 8
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Cambridge
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The values that I have are the values I was raised with, from where I'm from, which is a middle-class place. So that informs everything about me, my politics and all that stuff. I mean, politically, I vote against my own self-interest at every election. I actively ask these people to raise my taxes.
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