You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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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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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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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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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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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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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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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 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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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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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’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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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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In whatever adulation you get, there’s truth and there’s not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there’s truth and there’s not truth. It’s human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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