After decades in the spotlight, Matt Damon is opening up about how Hollywood's "ruthless" nature has impacted his most important job to date: being a father.In an interview with GQ, Damon — who stars as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, in Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated film, "The Odyssey" — got candid about the constant uncertainty within the entertainment business and explained the sacrifices that came with it while being a dad to his four daughters."There’s less of that kind of young person’s engine of needing to prove something and more about, like, accepting work and doing it on your terms and doing it as precisely and as well as you can.I think about it a lot, especially as my kids are getting older: really trying to be here now," said Damon, who is dad to Isabella, 19, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, as well as Alexia, 26, from his wife Luciana’s first marriage.
"And it’s hard for me to do that."Matt Damon is gearing up to star as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, in Christopher Nolan's highly-anticipated film, "The Odyssey." (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)"I think maybe that has to do with my own nature," he added."It also has to do with this career where you’re always trying to figure out what’s ahead, because it’s such an uncertain business and a pretty ruthless one.
Those kinds of things have conspired to, I think, maybe take me out of where I am, more than I’d like."'LIONESS' STAR ADMITS HOLLYWOOD SUCCESS REQUIRES 'PAINFUL' SACRIFICESDamon was 18 years old when he took on his first role in Hollywood, a one-line dialogue in the 1980s film, "Mystic Pizza." His breakthrough role as Will Hunting in "Good Will Hunting" alongside Ben Affleck came in 1997."I don’t think either of us stopped for years," Damon told GQ about himself and Affleck after the release of "Good Will Hunting." "I mean, I think I worked five straight years, literally out of these two duffel bags that I had.And I traveled everywhere and just literally would go from set to set.
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