I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYEven as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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There 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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There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.
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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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See, ‘A Time to Kill’ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
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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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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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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.
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The 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’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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I love good film, whether it’s an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren’t necessarily eccentric ones but they’re the more specific ones.
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There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
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I don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.
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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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