United Kingdom, June 9 -- Matt Damon has blamed the "ruthless" and "uncertain" Hollywood movie industry for taking him away from fatherhood "more than [he'd] like".

The 55-year-old star has four daughters - Alexia, 26, Isabella, 19, Gia, 17 and Stella, 15 - with his wife Luciana Barroso, 49, and he is "really trying" to spend more time with his children nowadays.

He told GQ magazine: "I think about it a lot, especially as my kids are getting older: really trying to be here now.

"And it's hard for me to do that. And I think maybe that has to do with my own nature.

"It also has to do with this career where you're always trying to figure out what's ahead because it's such an uncertain business and a pretty ruthless one."

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