I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWithout exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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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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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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There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps.
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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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When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits.
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You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
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I’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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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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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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Water’s never clumsy.
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.
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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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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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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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I’d rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don’t wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.
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I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.
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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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My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
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Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
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I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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