Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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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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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
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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 like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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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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I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don’t really know where wittiness is constructive.
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Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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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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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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There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
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