You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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I’m one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go.
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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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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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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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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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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 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 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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Water’s never clumsy.
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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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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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What 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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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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