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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That’s what happens in all of them.
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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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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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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 like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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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’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.
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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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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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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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I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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I’ve read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, ‘Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.’ I don’t want to be part of that.
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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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