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# Watch Matt Damon Pay Tribute to Robin Williams on the 2-Year Anniversary of His Death

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by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:16 AM UTCPublished: Aug 11, 2016 9:53 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:16 AM UTCPublished: Aug 11, 2016 9:53 PM UTC

**Correction Appended: Aug. 12, 2016**

Matt Damon has paid tribute to [Robin Williams](http://time.com/3106206/robin-williams-dead-time-cover/), the Oscar-winning comedian and actor who [died](http://time.com/4448763/robin-williams-suicide/) at 63 on August 11, 2014.

In an interview with [JOE.ie](http://www.joe.ie/), Damon remembered filming a well-known [park bench scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc) from _Good Will Hunting_. “It was Robin’s scene when he was just crushing it on the first take. I just went, ‘This is gonna be really good,'” Damon says of the powerful scene.

Damon went on to reveal that he recently went to the bench with his family in Boston Commons to think about Williams, who he recollects with fondness.

Williams [won the Oscar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6Egi5V%5FjNU) for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for _Good Will Hunting_ and Damon won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1998.

Watch the interview above.

**Correction:** The original version of this story misstated what Matt Damon won at the 1998 Academy Awards. He won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting, and he was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the same movie.

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