Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYNow, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
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I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it’s OK for me to return home.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
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Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
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You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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I’m one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go.
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I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don’t really know where wittiness is constructive.
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