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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYMy 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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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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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 don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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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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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full – a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon’s waning.
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I’ve been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.
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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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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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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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I 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.
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You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
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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’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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I’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
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There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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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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I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
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I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.
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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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