You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYSure, 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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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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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 say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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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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Life is a series of commas, not periods.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine’s Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T – that’s a bad word that doesn’t go with L-O-V-E.
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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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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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