Happy birthday, Matt Damon! The actor turns 46 on October 8, 2016. In honor of the Oscar-winner’s birthday, here are 10 of his best movie quotes from some of his best-loved films, including Good Will Hunting, the Bourne trilogy and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
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1. “Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker.”
—Rounders
2. “I’m gonna have to science the s*** out of this.”
—The Martian
3. “A saucy line will not get you far with me.”
—True Grit
4. “I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”
—The Talented Mr. Ripley
5. “These guys deserve to go home as much as I do. They’ve fought just as hard.”
—Saving Private Ryan
6. “Did Professor Brand tell you that poem before you left? Do you remember? ‘Do not go gentle… into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.’”
—Interstellar
7. “Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?”
—Good Will Hunting
8. “Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I’m a lawyer at last.”
—The Rainmaker
9. “I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs 215 pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab or the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?”
—The Bourne Identity
10. “Times change, we need to change as well.”
—Invictus