I’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou 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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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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 know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.
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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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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 don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
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