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...Damon grew up in Central Square in Cambridge. The acting bug bit him at age eleven when he began studying theater at the Wheelock Family Theatre. His first job was in a commercial spot at 16. He took the money he earned and went to New York to hire an agent...
...theater during his first year here at Harvard. Sophomore year he landed a role in Rising Son, a cable TV movie starring Brian Dennehy and Piper Laurie. Now, this fall, with the release of School Ties, a film about bigotry in an upper class boarding school, one wonders if Damon has been seduced by the trappings of success...
...answer is no. Damon doesn't want to be "another flash in the pan." He believes that "it's an unhealthy thing to be told you're going to be a big star." He just wants people to "respect me for what I am and I respect them for what I am and I respect them for what they are." To Damon, acting's just something he does well...
Unlike the actor who plays him, Charlie Dillon is a legacy who feels that he has to live up to his family's expectations that he will be a great quarterback and an honors student. How did Damon prepare for this demanding role? Damon remarked that his Harvard experiences have prepared him for it. Matt said he "know[s] people like [Dillon] who have wealth and power and are fifth generation" here at Harvard, though they are not bigots. He just "tapped into [these] friends" who had felt the pressures of prep school and the sting of bigotry...
...Matt Damon is not Charlie Dillon, a fact he felt compelled to convey to the cast and crew of School Ties. "Growing up where I grew up, the last thing you want to be is a racist." Difficult as saying the hateful lines in the movie was for Damon, the experience taught him that that kind of hatred will never...