I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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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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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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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 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 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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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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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been?
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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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I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
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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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