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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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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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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and ‘going’ with this girl, ‘Is this true love?’
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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative.
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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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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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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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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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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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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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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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I’d rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don’t wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.
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