What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and ‘going’ with this girl, ‘Is this true love?’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhat the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and ‘going’ with this girl, ‘Is this true love?’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYRomcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe 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.’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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 MCCONAUGHEYYou want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYTo bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYDon’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe 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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWater’s never clumsy.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYIt’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.’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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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