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Matt Damon

Friday May 19, 2006 06:00 AM EDT

Matt Damon with his wife, Luciana, and her daughter Alexia. Photo by: Splash
Matt Damon| Matt Damon
This seems to have touched you very deeply.
It changed my life. It's not a trip that most people will get to take. I think if every American saw what I saw, they would want to help. Everyone has their own problems, their own lives. I have my kids, I have my bills. People's lives are full. I think they want to help, but they don't know how to do it in a way that won't totally consume their lives. ONE is a great way to do it.

What difference do you think you can make?
I'm sure some people will dismiss it as a celebrity talking about something they don't know about. And some will listen to what those of us who have been over there are saying. I just know it's important to me to do the best that I can within the sphere of influence I have.

Will you go back?
I plan to go a lot more ... Obviously right now, I'm here till zero hour. I'm not going anywhere.

When is your wife due?
Good question. We're due in mid-June, but who knows? We could be now.

Your daughter and Ben Affleck's daughter Violet will be practically the same age. Are they going to have playdates?
Yeah, they will. All we have to do is end up living in the same city!

Is your stepdaughter Alexia, who's 8, excited to have a little sister?
Believe me, if it was a boy it would have been a big problem. She wasn't having it. She definitely wanted a sister.

Good thing you planned it so well!
Exactly!

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