When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou 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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I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it’s OK for me to return home.
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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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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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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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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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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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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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I’ve been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.
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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’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 have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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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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