When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ I’m honestly going, ‘Thank you. Right on.’ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‘Does this make me less talented of an actor?’
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.
More Matthew McConaughey Quotes
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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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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
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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 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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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 the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
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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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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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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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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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I’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.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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 like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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