Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYIn 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 having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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.
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Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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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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When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits.
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Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
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I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
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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 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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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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My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.
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The 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.’
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