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 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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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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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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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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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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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To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
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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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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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 talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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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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You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
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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 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.
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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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