Minnie Driver Reflects on Her 'Sweet Love Affair' With Matt Damon and Its 'Combustible Ending' (Exclusive)

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Minnie Driver takes a trip down memory lane in her new book, Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with the British actress about the collection of essays, which details everything from her late mother's death to the making of  and her relationship with her co-star, Matt Damon.«The filmmaker, Gus Van Sant, and Matt and Ben [Affleck], I think they were really left alone to make the film that they wanted to make,» Driver said of why she thinks the Oscar-winning film has such lasting power 25 years later.Having the studio's attention elsewhere didn't hurt either.«It was an interesting moment.

I remember when we were shooting for , Quentin Tarantino was shooting, and all of the focus of Miramax was on that movie,» she recalled. «I mean, in a way, quite right, like, Quentin Tarantino was a huge deal, so, all the producers were kind of hassling him, and I kept being called, 'Sorry that we're not around, there's gonna be a lot of publicity around  'cause, you know, but good job with this movie, it's gonna be great.'»While the critically acclaimed film has stood the test of time, Driver's relationship with Damon, did not.

She told ET that while their love affair was «sweet,» it ultimately combusted before the movie hit the awards show circuit, something she said her family predicted.«My family loved Matt — it wasn't that.

It was that they could see that this young man was rocketing really fast and so was I, and when you're young, it's pretty hard to keep your head on straight and to maintain a grounded sense of deportment,» Driver explained.