You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere’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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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
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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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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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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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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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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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I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don’t really know where wittiness is constructive.
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So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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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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The 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.
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At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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A 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.
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