Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWe dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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In whatever adulation you get, there’s truth and there’s not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there’s truth and there’s not truth. It’s human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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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 don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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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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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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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 like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative.
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I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
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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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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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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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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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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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