"[Harvard should] make this school a place where you do not have to avert your eyes when you pass a janitor in the hallway," he said. "If someone's working as a janitor as a second job, you obviously don't have time to go to the Fogg to see the latest exhibit."
Both actors told the Crimson they planned to remain involved in the living wage campaign.
Damon said he hoped to use his celebrity status to draw attention to the plight of Harvard's workers.
"There's nothing more depressing than people using their celebrity and not following up on it," he said. "The only thing that can really rattle a university this powerful is bad P.R."
Affleck credited the members of PSLM for leading the campaign.
"Our job is the easiest thing in the world," he said. "All we do is show up and speak."
Hordes of female fans, many clutching pictures and autograph pens, greeted the actors as they attempted to leave Littauer.
A ring of Harvard University Police Department officers escorted the actors down the steps.
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