Matt Damon Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• Part of the American ethos is that you want to leave something better for your kids than you had and I know that my parents felt that way and I know that my grandparents felt that way and everybody worked hard so that their kids had a better chance. I just don't want to be the first generation that doesn't do that.

  Matt Damon

  Kids, Ethos, Grandparent

• My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.

  Matt Damon

  Mom, Dad, Two

  "Matt Damon: My family values" by Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.

• Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is "red alert." I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent.

  Matt Damon

  Kids, Breathing, Wife

  "Matt Damon Reveals His Insecurities". Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com. September 17, 2011.

• All parents are trying to balance. Look, I'm lucky in the sense that I can control my hours. I can choose my jobs, and not everybody has that choice. But I definitely, it's a family decision every time I take a job.

  Matt Damon

  Jobs, Parent, Choices

  "Actor-screenwriter-producer Matt Damon, Part 1". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. December 11, 2012.

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