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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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 try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it’s OK for me to return home.
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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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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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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’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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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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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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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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I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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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.
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The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.
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We spend so much time sublimatin’, thinkin’ about, ‘What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?’
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