We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhat 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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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 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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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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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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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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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 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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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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I’ve done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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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 think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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My wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.
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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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