Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYStarting at about, I guess, forever, I’ve always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn’t wait to be 16 and get a driver’s license.
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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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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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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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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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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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I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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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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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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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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When I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.
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I’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
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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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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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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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