I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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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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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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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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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.
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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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We spend so much time sublimatin’, thinkin’ about, ‘What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?’
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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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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’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 lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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