Matt Damon’s Big Regret: Hollywood Made Him Miss His Daughters Growing Up

Matt Damon is getting real about the price of fame, and honestly? It hits different. The Oscar-winning actor just told GQ that Hollywood’s cutthroat nature has literally stolen time away from fatherhood—and he’s not happy about it.

“It’s ruthless,” Damon said, opening up about how the demanding film industry has kept him away from his daughters more than he ever wanted. The actor shares four kids with his wife Luciana Barroso, and he’s watching them grow up in fast-forward. “The years move so quickly,” he admitted to the magazine.

Translation? Damon’s trying to pump the brakes on his career while he still has time left. He’s been in the game long enough to know that no role—no matter how juicy—is worth missing your kids’ childhoods. At this point in his life, it sounds like the guy’s priorities have completely shifted. Less Hollywood, more family time.

Whether he actually scales back his workload remains to be seen, but the fact that he’s publicly acknowledging this struggle shows he’s done pretending the grind is worth it.

Based on reporting from Page Six.