Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYAbsolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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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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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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I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
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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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Water’s never clumsy.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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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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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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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
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The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.
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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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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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Whether I’m running on the beach without my shirt or whether I’m going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner.
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In whatever adulation you get, there’s truth and there’s not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there’s truth and there’s not truth. It’s human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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Starting 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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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 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’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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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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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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The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’
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