'Doesn't take much' for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to get emotional these days
Matt Damon has opened up on how his and Ben Affleck are affected by their respective journeys as fathers.
Matt Damon admits it "doesn't take much" to make him and Ben Affleck "emotional".
The 55-year-old actor has been best friends with Ben, 53, since they were growing up in Boston and they've navigated everything together, from Hollywood to growing their respective families.
He told PEOPLE magazine: "We're at very similar stages with the kids, and it's definitely a new phase of life.
"It doesn't take much to get us emotional at this point."
Matt has daughters Alexa, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15, with his wife Luciana while Ben has kids Violet, 20, Seraphina, 17, and 13-year-old Samuel with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.
While seeing his children grow up is "emotional", The Odyssey actor has been mindful of making the most of every moment.
He added: "I feel like we are facing it and embracing the fact that it’s happening.
“We’ve been talking a lot about presence and about really trying to be in the moment, and because you can’t slow time down, the only way to really do it is to really be there and be in it.”
Two of their daughters have already left home, and Matt has made sure he, Luciana and his two youngest children "have family dinner every night", no matter what else is going on.
Meanwhile,
Matt recently described Argo filmmaker Ben, with whom he co-founded movie studio Artists Equity, as "one of the great loves" of his life.
Holding a photo of Ben, he told MTV UK during a joint interview with The Odyssey co-star Zendaya: “Look at that dashing picture of him. He’s really giving Blue Steel in that one...
“We’ve been through a whole hell of a lot together, and he’s one of the great loves of my life, I will say about Ben."
Earlier this year, Matt reflected on how their friendship had survived "different phases".
He told PEOPLE: "The circumstances of our lives have changed a lot and obviously we've gone through different phases of life, having kids, so those things are vastly different but I feel like who we are as people was kind of established together a long time ago in our adolescence and teens and those things have been pretty consistent."
