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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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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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I’m one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
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You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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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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There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it’s OK for me to return home.
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I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don’t really know where wittiness is constructive.
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