Ben Affleck, Matt Damon shared a checking account ‘to assist one another’

Greatest buddies share all the things — even cash, apparently.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have been buddies since they have been children rising up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They’ve labored on many tasks collectively since.

The duo has starred in a number of motion pictures collectively, together with “Good Will Searching,” “Faculty Ties,” “Dogma,” “The Final Duel” and their upcoming film “Air.”

However the longtime besties have collaborated on extra than simply motion pictures — they as soon as shared a checking account after they have been younger actors.

Affleck, 50, and Damon, 52, revealed on “The Bill Simons Podcast” that beginning within the Eighties, that they had one checking account between the 2 of them to assist pay for auditions and jumpstart their performing careers.

“It was uncommon, however we wanted the cash for auditions,” Damon admitted, saying it’s “a bizarre factor looking back.”

“We have been going to assist one another and be there for one another,” Affleck added. “It was like, ‘You’re not going to be alone. I’m not going to be alone. Let’s go on the market and do that collectively.’ “

The 2 of them had guidelines to maintain one another afloat — however they weren’t ever going to let the opposite be with out a means to pay the payments.

“So long as one among us had cash we knew the facility wasn’t going to get shut off. After doing [1992′s] ‘Geronimo,’ I most likely had 35 grand within the financial institution. I used to be like ‘we’re good for a 12 months,’ ” Damon shared.

“You have been allowed to go to [auditions in] New York with the cash. You have been allowed to take out $10 and get quarters and go to [the arcade] and play video video games,” he defined. “Ultimately we have been allowed to attempt to purchase beer, which by no means f – – king labored.”

Later within the episode, Affleck expressed his love for his buddy and shared how Damon has impacted his profession.

“I really like working with this man. I really like hanging out with him,” Affleck mentioned about Damon. “For those who can work with nice individuals, who’re good individuals too, it’s a lot extra rewarding personally and professionally.”

Affleck and Damon are selling their upcoming film “Air,” a biographical sports activities drama following Nike’s pursuit of then-undiscovered Michael Jordan and his partnership with the corporate’s basketball division that revolutionized the world of sports activities with the Air Jordan model.

Affleck, Damon and Jason Bateman star within the film, and Affleck serves as director. “Air” is in theaters April 5.