I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYKids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYDon’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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 MCCONAUGHEYYou want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYA coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.
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 MCCONAUGHEYAny artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.
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