Ben Affleck and Matt Damon shared their goodwill for years prior to winning Oscars. Early in their respective careers, the longtime friends and collaborators had a joint bank account beginning in the late 1980s to help fund auditions. “It was unusual, but we needed the money for auditions,” Damon said during “The Bill Simmons Podcast” (via CNBC), adding that it was “a weird thing in retrospect.” Damon continued, “As long as one of us had money we knew the power wasn’t going to get shut off.