--- description: Matt Damon told People Magazine that he wants his four daughters to be proud of his humanitarian work. title: Matt Damon Wants to Make His Daughters Proud of His Work image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt060b81ab75b876c5/6986858906f2c173a132de13/matt-damon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Matt Damon Wants to Make His Daughters Proud  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 11:10 PM CUT  Actor Matt Damon attends the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Actor Matt Damon attends the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 14, 2014 11:10 PM CUT Matt Damon told People Magazine that he wants his four daughters to be [proud of his humanitarian work](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20796927,00.html "undefined"). “I want them to be proud of the impact I’m making in the world,” Damon said. The film star co-founded [Water.org](http://water.org/about/ "undefined"), a nonprofit that helps supply poor communities with safe water, and he spoke with the magazine ahead of World Water Day March 22. “I’m looking forward to sharing the work with my family. I think it’s a really valuable opportunity to learn and curate your own passions for giving back at an early age.” Read more from the interview [here](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20796927,00.html "undefined"). \[[People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20796927,00.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/25870/matt-damon-wants-to-make-his-daughters-proud/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/25870/matt-damon-wants-to-make-his-daughters-proud/"},"headline":"Matt Damon Wants to Make His Daughters Proud","datePublished":"2014-03-14T23:10:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:47:14.706Z","description":"The actor, who co-founded a nonprofit that helps supply poor communities with safe water, told People magazine that he wants his four daughters to be proud of the impact he is making in the world","url":"https://time.com/25870/matt-damon-wants-to-make-his-daughters-proud/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt060b81ab75b876c5/6986858906f2c173a132de13/matt-damon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt060b81ab75b876c5/6986858906f2c173a132de13/matt-damon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Matt Damon attends the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.","caption":"Actor Matt Damon attends the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/25870/matt-damon-wants-to-make-his-daughters-proud/","name":"Matt Damon Wants to Make His Daughters Proud"}}]}] ```