Matt Damon feels lucky to have fallen in love with a "civilian".
The 'Elysium' actor married former bartender Luciana Barroso - with whom he raises four daughters - seven years ago and Matt admitted he is relieved he didn't fall for a fellow celebrity like his close friend Brad Pitt did with Angelina Jolie.
He told the August issue of Esquire: "I got lucky. I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double-it grows exponentially.
"I look at Brad-and I have for years-and when I'm with him I see the intensity of that other side of it. And the paparazzi and the insane level of aggression they have and their willingness to break the law and invade his space-well.
"I wonder about that trade. I remember telling him that I walk my kids to school, and his face just fell. He was very kind, but he was like, 'You b*****d.'
"Because he should be able to do that, too. And he can't."
Matt, 42, also admitted he manages to avoid the paparazzi because he isn't very interesting.
He explained: "If I'm not jumping up and down on a bar, or lighting something on fire, or cheating on my wife, there's not really any story to tell.
"They can try to stake me out, but they're always going to get the same story-middle-aged married guy with four kids."
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