Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYOr 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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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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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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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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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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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full – a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon’s waning.
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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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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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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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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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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’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 think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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When I’m surfing, I’m sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.
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It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say, ‘This is more well done than that.’
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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 love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That’s what happens in all of them.
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I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
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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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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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