I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been?
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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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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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I’ve read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, ‘Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.’ I don’t want to be part of that.
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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?’
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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’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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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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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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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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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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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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I’m one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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