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He doesn't want to fuck with Jason Bourne,\" teased Damon on the red carpet. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Absolutely. I'm going to stick to Superman. I can't handle Jason Bourne,\" agreed Affleck. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Damon did admit to some superhero envy. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I've been working out a lot. I was hoping to play Robin and that didn't work out, but I'm hitting the gym anyways,\" he said.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well it was between you and one other guy and he just had a quality,\" Affleck joked. \u003cbr/\u003eThe pair attended a finale event for \"Project Greenlight's\" new season Friday (7 Nov.) in Hollywood, Calif. \u003cbr/\u003eAspiring directors were chosen from across the country and tasked with creating a three-minute film. The show's producers, including Damon, Affleck and directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly, screened the final projects Friday night and crowned a winner. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Project Greenlight\" last aired in 2005, but Affleck felt the time was right to revive the show.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I think you know the main reason is that the contest aspect of it, the way that we reach the most people and try to cast this wide net to find directors, is made much more easy by where technology is now. Because now we are used to everybody makes movies and they send them to their friends and they get likes and it makes it very natural and easy for us to find people. Whereas before we were kind of trying to sell people on this idea of like you go to the internet and you look on the internet for some video and now it's like second nature. So we're really excited. We've got some incredible people here. The quality is far beyond in terms of where people are as filmmakers from what we had before. So we're really excited,\" said Affleck. \u003cbr/\u003eErica Beeney won the writing contest in season two for \"The Battle of Shaker Heights\" (2003). Shia LaBeouf was cast in the film and credits Affleck with helping him early in his career. \u003cbr/\u003e\"You know if you look at that, that's one of the things where I have to say we really take some pride,\" said Affleck. \"We saw him, he was 16, he was in this movie and we just thought 'this is like a young Dustin Hoffman. This kid is amazing.' And obviously he proved to be that. He's such an extraordinarily gifted actor and yeah, maybe we can get him to do a cameo on a movie this time? We can't afford him this time.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe former \"Transformers\" star has gotten attention for a number of bizarre incidents in recent years.\u003cbr/\u003eHe plead guilty to disorderly conduct during a Broadway show, apologized for borrowing the story line and dialogue for a short film, walked out of a Berlin Film Festival news conference and then wore a paper bag - emblazoned with \"I am not famous anymore\" - over his head at a film premiere.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I told him specifically to never put a grocery bag on your head. He didn't take that advice,\" said Damon. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I personally tried that actually myself. I'm not kidding. There is a picture out there of me doing that. It was a mistake,\" said Affleck.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Project Greenlight's\" grand prize is an chance to direct a full-length major motion picture for HBO-Miramax. Season four will premiere in Spring 2015 on HBO.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 7 Nov. 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide exterior of Boulevard3\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Ben Affleck and greeting finalists \u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon posing for photos \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Affleck, actor/director- on reviving \"Project Greenlight\": \"Well I think you know the main reason is that the contest aspect of it, the way that we reach the most people and try to cast this wide net to find directors, is made much more easy by where technology is now. Because now we are used to everybody makes movies and they send them to their friends and they get likes and it makes it very natural and easy for us to find people. Whereas before we were kind of trying to sell people on this idea of like you go to the internet and you look on the internet for some video and now it's like second nature. So we're really excited. We've got some incredible people here. The quality is far beyond in terms of where people are as filmmakers from what we had before. So we're really excited.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon speaking to reporter \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Damon, actor: \"Actually it was one of our partners, Marc Joubert, had the idea to bring it back and kind of came to us. And you know we never would have dropped it. It was really kind of the times that kind of made it stop and so we never really wanted to stop. So when Marc came back with the idea we said 'yeah, we'd love to do it.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan from photographers to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon posing for photos \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Affleck, actor/director: \"He's seen me naked.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Matt Damon, actor - on Affleck's physical transformation to play Batman: \"Well I've been working out a lot. I was hoping to play Robin and that didn't work out, but I'm hitting the gym anyways.\" \u003cbr/\u003eBen Affleck: \"Well it was between you and one other guy and he just had a quality.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMatt Damon: \"I understand. I understand. Yeah, no no. He's like 25 pounds heavier than normal. Like he's a big guy.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Zoom out on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon speaking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e10. Reporter: \"How about a Bourne-Batman showdown?\" \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Ben Affleck, actor/director: \"I wouldn't want to do that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Matt Damon, actor: \"Batman is too smart for that. He doesn't want to fuck with Jason Bourne.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBen Affleck: \"Absolutely. I'm going to stick to Superman. I can't handle Jason Bourne.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMatt Damon: \"'I can handle Superman, but I can't handle Jason Bourne.'\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon speaking to reporter\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Affleck, actor/director - on casting Shia LaBeouf in season two's winning screenplay: \"You know if you look at that, that's one of the things where I have to say we really take some pride. We saw him, he was 16, he was in this movie and we just thought 'this is like a young Dustin Hoffman. This kid is amazing.' And obviously he proved to be that. He's such an extraordinarily gifted actor and yeah, maybe we can get him to do a cameo on a movie this time? We can't afford him this time.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Matt Damon, actor: \"We definitely can't afford Shia. We can't afford him.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, 9 Feb. 2014 \u003cbr/\u003e13. STILL: Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers wearing a paper bag over his head that reads \"I am not famous anymore\" on the red carpet for the film \"Nymphomaniac\" at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 7 Nov. 2014\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Affleck, actor/director - on Shia LaBeouf: \"He's doing just fine.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Matt Damon, actor: \"I told him specifically to never put a grocery bag on your head. He didn't take that advice.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBen Affleck: \"I personally tried that actually myself. I'm not kidding. There is a picture out there of me doing that. It was a mistake.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. 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