Why Matt Dillon Doesn't Get Many Movie Offers Anymore

Publish date: 2024-05-05

Dillon famously spent three years as the other half of Cameron Diaz, and when the couple split in 1998 after There's Something About Mary, Dillon talked to Parade about relationships in general and his specifically (via CBS News). He said until her, he hadn't experienced a truly emotional relationship, and called her his muse.

"I was dissatisfied with where I was as a man, with my relationships, with my career," he said in the 2006 interview. "Like a lot of guys, I was driven by my work. I thought my career was who I was. It wasn't until later that I discovered I was more than that."

He went on to say his long string of not-so-serious relationships mostly happened because he was lonely, and that he needed "[...] something to fill the emptiness." He also admitted that he'd developed the urge to raise a child, likening it to a creative urge.

In 2015, he talked to Details (via the Belfast Telegraph) and gave a little more insight on what was going on with him, his personal life, and his career. "[...] obviously, this business isn't conducive to getting married and starting families. I usually like better odds." Career versus family is an age-old debate that pretty much everyone, famous or not, can relate to, and given that he also said he was in a relationship that was going well, finding that balance might have something to do with his career choices, too.

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