I don’t choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI love good film, whether it’s an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren’t necessarily eccentric ones but they’re the more specific ones.
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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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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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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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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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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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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.
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There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.
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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’ve done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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I’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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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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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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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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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been?
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It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say, ‘This is more well done than that.’
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What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.
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