Matt Damon’s ‘non-negotiable’ rule in his marriage to

Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso stand as one in every of Hollywood’s most long-lasting {couples}, and their longevity could stem from one steadfast precept.

The Hollywood actor, who seems alongside other A-listers in Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, The Odyssey, has been married to his spouse, 49, since December 2005. Together, the pair has raised 4 daughters: Alexia, 27, Isabella, 20, Gia, 17, and Stella, 15.

What’s the key to Damon and Barroso’s lasting marriage?

A single “non-negotiable” follow they’ve maintained for 20 years. During promotional interviews for The Odyssey, the Good Will Hunting actor, who units boundaries on sure bodily transformations, revealed he and his spouse prioritize nightly household dinners. It comes after Damon shared the brutal six-word query from Clint Eastwood that shut him down.

Yet the actor acknowledged that, even while sustaining this dedication, he and his household sometimes discover it difficult to stay totally engaged with one another, experiences The Mirror US.

“We have family dinner every night, and that’s non-negotiable, and it’s always been that way,” Damon shared with People, though he famous the household sometimes finds real connection elusive during these gatherings.

The actor revealed, “One of my daughters said, ‘Well, family dinner, last night we didn’t talk.’ And we realized, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re right.’ We sat down for dinner, and you can get lost in that routine a little bit and not appreciate why you established the routine in the first place.”

Damon, who encountered Barroso at a Miami bar in 2003, said, “That’s the kind of family mindfulness we’re all working on.”

Currently, two of the couple’s daughters have moved out, while their youthful two still live at residence.

“I feel like we are facing it and embracing the fact that it’s happening,” the Boston native explained relating to him and his spouse approaching empty nest standing. “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.”

Damon famous that he and Barroso are “trying to be mindful of holding onto what we can.”

The actor’s candid dialogue about his household follows his revelation earlier this yr on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show that Barroso initially thought-about his Good Will Hunting co-star Ben Affleck “the cute one” in the film.

Damon recounted, “After we’d been together for a little while, probably a few months, she admitted that – I think I met her best friend from high school, and it came out that the two of them went and saw Good Will Hunting together, and her best friend thought I was the cute one, and she thought Ben was the cute one.

“So she admitted to me… I’m like, ‘You acquired the mistaken one?’ She told me that 23 years in the past,” the actor disclosed. Damon’s most recent role as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s new epic, The Odyssey, similarly features a lasting marriage.

In the movie, which premiered in theaters on Friday, July 17, Damon portrays Odysseus, who is wed to the steadfastly devoted Penelope (Anne Hathaway), his queen, forced to ward off prospective suitors during his prolonged absence.

The production has been described as Nolan’s “most excessive” work yet. With a $250 million funds, it represents the most expensive project of his profession and marks his first manufacturing filmed solely utilizing IMAX 70mm cameras.