Matt Damon & Julianne Moore Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, this is Matt Damon.

I'm Julianne Moore.

And we're doing a Wired,

Auto complete.

interview. Right.

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You're telling, I wish you the best.

Is Matt Damon related to Ben Affleck?

Actually they did some genealogy thing

and we found out we have some relative from the 1600s,

who was a bricklayer, who is, we have in common,

a common ancestor, Okay.

so apparently we're related, yeah.

That's crazy, I'm into that.

Is Matt Damon in Game of Thrones?

Were you in Game of Thrones?

I'm into Game of Thrones, but I'm not in Game of Thrones.

Is Matt Damon an environmentalist?

I co-founded Water.org, which is a clean water

and sanitation foundation,

if caring about the environment

and wanting others to care about the environment

makes you an environmentalist, then yes, of course I am.

[Julianne] Is Matt Damon a Flat Earther?

I'm not, Okay.

I'm pretty convinced the Earth is round,

though Kyrie Irving, the point guard for the Boston Celtics,

who is a Flat Earther is very welcome in Boston

and we love him, so.

Is Matt Damon singing Scotty Doesn't Know?

What's that? I'm not,

so there was a movie, my friend's directed a movie

called Euro Trip and I sang this song,

it was very funny, it was called Scotty Doesn't Know

and one of my roommates from college

actually wrote the song and sang it and I lip synced it.

[Julianne] Is Matt Damon moving to Niceville, Florida?

I'm not, there are stories that come on the internet,

various towns I've been told that I'm moving to,

about six or seven different towns,

small towns in different states,

don't know where that comes from.

I think it's just wishful thinking,

they want you to move to their town.

Is Matt Damon dead?

I hope not. No. (laughs)

That's terrible, he's not dead.

Well maybe culturally speaking.

(laughing)

Maybe I'm over. That's it.

He's so dead That's right.

What is Julianne Moore hair color?

Julianne Moore hair color red.

Good.

(laughing)

What is Julianne Moore real name?

What is Julianne Moore real name?

Julianne Moore real name

is Julie Anne Smith. Is it really?

Yes, it really is, my name is Julie, first name,

Anne, second name, Smith is my last name,

but when I joined the union,

there was already a Julie Anne Smith, a Julie A Smith,

a JA Smith, you know, every variation on the name,

so they said choose another name, honey,

so I went and I said, well, Wow.

my father's middle name is Moore

and my mother's first name was Anne,

so I wanted to make sure I didn't hurt anybody's feelings,

so I used, I slammed the Anne onto the Julie,

so I could use both names professionally,

so my real name is Julie Smith.

Oh my goodness, Yeah.

Alright, alright,

well that was a very conscientious choice

of a actor name too, very nice.

Trying to be thoughtful, yeah.

Very nice, what is Julianne Moore doing now?

I'm sitting with Matt Damon

in a room answering questions. Yes, and moving on,

what is Julianne Moore zodiac sign?

I'm a Sagittarius. A Sagittarius,

What are you?

Libra. Oh.

Libra, when's your birthday?

December 3rd, when's yours? Oh,

October 8th. Alright.

[Matt] What is Julianne Moore eat?

[Julianne] Julianne Moore--

What is, what does, I'm sorry,

what does What does.

Got it, that is correct,

[Together] what does Julianne Moore eat?

I don't eat meat and I eat fish.

What's your dream meal, like what's your deathbed meal?

I would have like filet of sole.

Breaded, broiled?

(laughing)

Steamed?

Grilled?

Like in a butter sauce, Just a little butter sauce?

Oh, okay.

And maybe some spinach and some truffle fries,

Julianne Moore does not like mashed potatoes,

that's Julianne Moore's least favorite thing.

And Julianne Moore speaks of herself

in the third person, That's right, she does

and Julianne Moore does it as well.

which most people wouldn't think about you.

Okay. Oh,

how dids. How dids.

[Julianne] How did Matt Damon meet Ben Affleck?

Oh, well. Oh my God,

I feel like I've heard this a million times,

but go ahead. (laughs) He was eight and I was 10

and our mothers introduced us.

How did Matt Damon get into Harvard?

Was it legitimate? (laughs)

I applied, (laughs)

I heard Jared Kushner's parents

paid like two and a half million bucks,

I think so, yeah.

We didn't have, we didn't roll like that, no.

You got in regular. I actually had to apply.

That's impressive, okay.

Thanks, I still dropped out.

(laughing)

How did Matt Damon get famous?

Probably Good Will Hunting was the one,

that really people got to know us for,

Ben and I had both done a lot of movies before then,

but none that really kind of taken off.

How did Matt Damon die?

Ohh. Again with this?

What the heck? Again with that?

I'm, I-- He's not dead.

He's right here.

I don't know, this is like The Others,

like I don't realize that I'm dead.

(laughs) That's good.

My life was one long press junket

and I just sit here going like,

wow, this is still happening,

so I didn't go to heaven then.

Are you ready?

Oh, how did Matt Damon survive on Mars?

How did you do that?

With the help of Ridley Scott.

Mars, in our case was split between Budapest

and Wadi Rum in Jordan and I survived

with the help of a wonderful film crew.

There you go,

how did Matt Damon get Good Will Hunting made?

You got a minute? Yeah.

(laughing)

Is Julianne Moore ambidextrous?

Ambidextrous, yeah.

You are ambidextrous? Yeah, a little bit,

What's a little ambidextrous like?

Well, I eat and I write with my left hand,

but I bat and I cut and stuff like that

with my right, so yes.

[Matt] Is Julianne Moore married?

Hm-mm.

Is Julianne Moore related to Mandy Moore?

Not at all.

[Matt] Is Julianne Moore Irish?

Little bit.

Little bit, what else? Mostly Scottish.

Scottish, me too, I'm also Scottish, yeah.

Yeah, okay.

Right, is Julianne Moore related to Roger Moore?

(laughing)

Nope.

But you are related to Sean Connery

with your the Scottish family.

With the Scottish somewhere back there, yeah.

Alright, well, those are your answers, people.

She's ambidextrous, I didn't know

and a Sagittarius. I'm not.

(laughing)

And I learned what her real hair color is.

That's right, exactly.

Hair color red. Hair color red.