What do you talk about when you’re talking to Prince? The shared experiences that link the human spirit? Game of Thrones? Bees? Of all the things to talk to Prince about (when he was still with us), it had to be something great. And then there’s Matt Damon’s approach.

GQ dropped a story in which Damon’s colleagues frenemies, friends, best friends, and best, best friends spoke about every facet of the man, the actor, the 30 Rock pilot named Carol (Damon is a well-liked man is the major takeaway of the piece). Between tales of Good Will Hunting’s formative years and Boston accents, Damon’s Bourne co-star Julia Stiles begins to tell the story of their encounter with Prince. It started mundanely, and ended with precisely launched shade that was potentially life-changing:

Julia Stiles: After The Bourne Ultimatum came out, there was a premiere in London. Prince actually came to it, then got tickets for the cast to come see him [perform]. We were summoned into a room to meet him [after the show]. Matt said, “So you live in Minnesota? I hear you live in Minnesota.” Damon: Prince said, “I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon.”

Let that be a lesson to Damon and the rest of us to be better, especially when it comes to small talk.