Matt Damon couldn't "imagine living under" the same "scrutiny" as Ben Affleck. The 53-year-old actor and his longtime friend - who he first starred alongside in 1997's 'Good Will Hunting' - have had "parallel careers in a lot of ways", but Matt's pal has typically drawn more attention from the outside world. Speaking to the Radio Times podcast, he said: "25 years ago, the gossip magazine culture was huge but they ignored me.
"I wasn’t an exciting story; the guy who’s married, it’s boring! Scandal and sex, that’s what people would read magazines for. I’ve been really lucky. "Especially when I look at ['The Instigators' co-star] Casey’s brother, Ben.
We’ve had parallel careers in a lot of ways, but I can’t imagine living under that scrutiny for 25 years." Matt married his wife Luciana, 48, in 2005, and together they have daughters Isabella, 18, Gia, 16, and Stella, 13, while Luciana is also mother to Alexia, 24, from a previous relationship. Ben, 51, has previously admitted he "doesn't like a lot of attention".
Speaking on Kevin Hart's 'Hart to Heart', he said: "I see myself as a director, but I'm a little bit shy. I also don't like a lot of attention. This is why people see me [and] they're like, ‘Well, this dude always mad.
..’ Because somebody has their camera and sticking to my face.
“I don't mind you taking my picture about a club, a premiere, whatever. My wife, I don't give a f***. Go ahead.
Knock yourself out. I don't notice you. "My children, that's.