I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYAt 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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When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ I’m honestly going, ‘Thank you. Right on.’ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‘Does this make me less talented of an actor?’
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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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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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