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?
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYRomcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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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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Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
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I don’t choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags.
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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 two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.
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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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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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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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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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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 didn’t want anybody’s name on my backside. I personally don’t like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone’s likeness all over it.
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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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