I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That’s what happens in all of them.
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A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.
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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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The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.
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When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ I’m honestly going, ‘Thank you. Right on.’ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‘Does this make me less talented of an actor?’
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full – a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon’s waning.
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Water’s never clumsy.
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So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
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I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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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