I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen 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 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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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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There’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps.
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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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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
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When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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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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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 was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ I’m honestly going, ‘Thank you. Right on.’ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‘Does this make me less talented of an actor?’
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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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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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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.
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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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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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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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At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
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