I didn’t want anybody’s name on my backside. I personally don’t like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone’s likeness all over it.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou 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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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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See, ‘A Time to Kill’ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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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 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 always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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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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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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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
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Starting at about, I guess, forever, I’ve always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn’t wait to be 16 and get a driver’s license.
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When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits.
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We spend so much time sublimatin’, thinkin’ about, ‘What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?’
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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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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When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
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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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There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
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