Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it’s OK for me to return home.
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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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I’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.
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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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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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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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We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
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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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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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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 dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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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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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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