Matt Damon Recalls Being Depressed While Filming One Of His Movies That Was A 'Losing Effort'

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Matt Damon is a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s work. The actor, who’d previously worked with the legendary director in the film “Interstellar,” revealed that he treasured the experience so much that he included it in an acting break deal he’d made with his wife while attending couple’s counseling. Matt Damon gets a tattoo dedicated to his late father, then gives his first tattooBen Affleck and Matt Damon talk about the first time they met Michael JordanMatt Damon’s emotional moment with wife Luciana Barroso: ‘She really helped me’A post shared by Oppenheimer (@oppenheimermovie)In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Damon got personal about his relationship to Nolan and his relationship with his wife Luciana Barroso.

after a lengthy career and countless nights away from home, the 52-year-old promised to take a break from acting. However, there was one condition —  if director Christopher Nolan were to call, Damon had a “get out of jail” free card.“This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” the star told Entertainment Weekly. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off.

Matt Damon vowed to his wife that he would take some time off from Hollywood with only one stipulation – if he got an offer from Christoper Nolan, he would take it. The 52-year-old actor admitted that after the promise was made to Luciana Barroso, he received a call from the esteemed director with an opportunity to join the cast of the widely anticipated "Oppenheimer," which, true to his word, he accepted. "This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true," Damon began.

Matt Damon had one caveat when it came to planning to take a break from acting.

Matt Damon has been going hard in the past few years, working as an actor, a producer, a screenwriter — sometimes all at once. So it's not too surprising that the celebrated Oscar-winner might want to take a little break.Recently Damon sat down at a panel discussion for 's «Around the Table» segment — where he was joined by his co-stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr., and director Christopher Nolan.At one point, Damon admitted that he'd promised his wife he wanted to take a hiatus, right before signing on to star in Nolan's World War II-era drama.«This is going to sound made up, but it's actually true,» Damon shared.

Matt Damon has been going hard in the past few years, working as an actor, a producer, a screenwriter — sometimes all at once. So it's not too surprising that the celebrated Oscar-winner might want to take a little break.Recently Damon sat down at a panel discussion for Entertainment Weekly's «Around the Table» segment — where he was joined by his co-stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr., and director Christopher Nolan.At one point, Damon admitted that he'd promised his wife he wanted to take a hiatus, right before signing on to star in Nolan's World War 2-era drama.«This is going to sound made up, but it's actually true,» Damon shared.

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Matt Damon almost took an acting break.

Matt Damon opened up about how he and his wife Luciana Barroso went to couples therapy to negotiate whether he would star in director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Damon revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Christopher Nolan found his way into one of the actor’s couples therapy sessions. While avoiding marital specifics, Damon said that he told his wife he would take an acting break on only one condition: If Christopher Nolan called, the break could go on hold. His wife agreed to the terms. As fate would have it, Nolan did call with an offer for Damon to star in “Oppenheimer.” “This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” Damon said. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off. I had been in ‘Interstellar’ and then Chris put me on ice for a couple of movies, so I wasn’t in the rotation, but I actually negotiated in couples therapy ­— this is a true story — the one caveat to my taking time off was if Chris Nolan called. This is without knowing whether or not he was working on anything, because he never tells you. He just calls you out of the blue. And so, it was a moment in my household.”

were a great team, the Oppenheimer actor just shared a story about his wife that will change your mind.During a recent interview with Jake Hamilton, the revealed the simple, yet life-changing advice he received from his wife after falling into a “depression” over a project that wasn't turning out the way he'd hoped. "I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that you know perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be, and you're still making it," Damon said, per . "Halfway through production and you’ve still got months to go, and you’ve taken your family somewhere, and you’ve inconvenienced them. And I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, what have I done?”But didn't let the Good Will Hunting writer and star spiral.

Matt Damon opened up about how his wife Luciana Barroso helped him when he "fell into a depression" on the set of a movie. During an interview on "Jake's Takes," the 52-year-old actor was asked about the best professional advice that he had ever received from a significant other.

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Matt Damon has led a number of movies that have topped the box office and even garnered him accolades, including one Oscar win for co-writing and several other Academy Award nominations for acting, he admitted there has been a time where he found himself in a «losing effort,» causing him to fall into a depression while on set. «I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be and you're still making it,» Damon told Jake Hamilton, host of the YouTube interview series, while promoting his latest role in «I remember halfway through production — and you've still got months to go and you've taken your family somewhere, you know, and you've inconvenienced them — and I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, 'What have I done?'» Damon recalled, referring to Luciana Barroso. «And she just said, 'We're here now,'» he revealed.  «I do pride myself, in a large part because of her, at being a professional actor.

Matt Damon hasn’t always had it easy making movies.

Matt Damon is opening up about his love and appreciation for his wife Luciana Barroso. The 52-year-old Hollywood star revealed that the 46-year-old Argentinian was there to support him after he faced recent professional struggles.

The friendship dynamic between Hollywood stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt shines not only on the silver screen but also when cameras aren’t rolling. Damon, 52, and Blunt, 40, star in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated war drama "Oppenheimer" and told Fox News Digital what it’s like to also live in the same building. Blunt, who’s married to John Krasinski and has two daughters with the actor — Hazel, 9, and Violet, 6 — said "it’s the best" having "The Bourne Identity" star under the same roof.