Talk:Matt Dillon

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Contents 1 Jeff Buckley 2 Missing text in Early life? 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Dillon80.jpg 4 So that's his real name?

[edit] Jeff Buckley

Is the following "trivia" item really necessary in this article?

• Dillon is mentioned on Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-é: Legacy Edition CD. On track 5 Buckley mentions that he cut his hair because people thought he looked like Matt Dillon.

I don't see what this really adds to to an article about Matt Dillon (or about Jeff Buckley, for that matter). -- MisterHand 14:32, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing text in Early life?

It says "His next role was in the 1982 film...". Next role? It doesn't say what roles he had before that. SethTisue 00:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dillon80.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] So that's his real name?

I always figured that Matt Dillon was a stage name picked by an agent, given that it's the same as the name of the fictional sheriff of Dodge City played by James Arness and tended to slightly discount the guy as a result. After seeing Factotum, however, I was completely blown away. This guy has the potential to be another Bogart.Tom Cod (talk) 23:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)