I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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’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’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 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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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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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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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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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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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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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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’ve read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, ‘Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.’ I don’t want to be part of that.
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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 rule is to break one sweat a day.
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