There’s no way I’m leaving this bridge.”Įven we forget that Matt Damon was in Steven Spielberg‘s classic war movie even though he plays the title character! This speech, about Private Ryan refusing to leave his saviors behind for the next chopper home, was quite moving and further evidence of Damon’s growing talent as an actor.Ħ. Tell her that when you found me, I was here, and I was with the only brothers that I have left, and that there was no way I was gonna desert them. Why? Why do I deserve to go? Why not any of these guys? They all fought just as hard as me. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN – “It doesn’t make any sense, sir. And Damon is always a delight when he gets to bust out his native Boston accent.ĥ. Watching Damon go at it with Leonardo DiCaprio is movie poetry. But in the end, we kept coming back to, well, the end.
There are a million lines you could choose from William Monahan‘s script for “The Departed,” which won an Oscar for its tough-guy talk. I know what you’re thinking and I get it. You understand that, Bill? No one knows who you fucking are! I’m a sergeant in the Massachusetts State Police, who the fuck are you? I erased you! Yeah, go ahead. THE DEPARTED – “What is this, a citizens arrest? Blow me, alright. In fact, Simmons asks of our choice, “Man, is there a better line than that?” and wishes he could go back in time to make it his high school yearbook quote. The dialogue in David Levien and Brian Koppelman’s screenplay for “Rounders” is so great that Bill Simmons once wrote an entire NBA column taking its cues from the film’s standout lines. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker.” Too many people seem to have forgotten how wonderful Damon is in this movie.ģ. RIPLEY – “I always thought it’d be better, to be a fake somebody… than a real nobody.”ĭamon’s performance as a closeted psychopath in Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s novel is pitch-perfect, and so is his reading of this line, which illustrates the character’s complex pathology. There’s really no argument about the top choice on this list, though we had to call a tie thanks to the film’s classic penultimate line.Īnd in case you’ve never seen the faux-sequel “Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season,” here’s a related bonus video from “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” Enjoy the applesauce, bitch!Ģ.
How do you like them apples?” & “I had to go see about a girl.”Īpparently, no one writes for Matt Damon better than Matt Damon, who won an Oscar along with co-star Ben Affleck for this highly-quotable drama about a math genius and his relationship with a therapist, played by Robin Williams in an Oscar-winning performance. GOOD WILL HUNTING (tie) – “Do you like apples? Well I got her number. If there’s a line we missed, let us know in the comments section below along with your own favorite quote.ġ. Without further ado, here are TheWrap‘s 10 favorite movie quotes from Matt Damon‘s career. In fact, the toughest omissions from this list came from Damon’s wonderful turns as Scott Thorson in Steven Soderbergh‘s HBO movie “Behind the Candelabra” and as Loki, the Angel of Death, in Kevin Smith‘s “Dogma.” We also had to cut some funny lawyer jokes from Francis Ford Coppola‘s John Grisham adaptation “The Rainmaker” and some rousing speeches from his Oscar-nominated turn in Clint Eastwood‘s “Invictus.”Īlso Read: Matt Damon's 'The Martian' Blasts Off With 'Gravity'-Defying $18 Million at Box Office However, as popular as those films are, no single line of Damon’s dialogue from either franchise stood out. With Matt Damon‘s “The Martian” science-ing the shit out of the box office this weekend, it’s time for TheWrap to examine the actor’s highly-quotable movie career.Īfter “Good Will Hunting” catapulted him to stardom in 1997, Damon went on to star in two blockbuster franchises - the Jason Bourne trilogy and the Ocean’s trilogy - which grossed $2 billion worldwide between them.