You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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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?
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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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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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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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The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That’s what happens in all of them.
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You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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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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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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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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