I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
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 don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin’ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.
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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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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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The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’
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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 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’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.
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There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.
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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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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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Whether I’m running on the beach without my shirt or whether I’m going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner.
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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 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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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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