I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou 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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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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When I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.
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It’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.’
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My 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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Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
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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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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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 done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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