I don’t choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags.
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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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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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
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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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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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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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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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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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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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I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day’s schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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