My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYCameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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I’ve done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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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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My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
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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 think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
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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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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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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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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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