I’d rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don’t wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere’s a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps.
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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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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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What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.
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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 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’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.
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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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When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
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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’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’ve done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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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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See, ‘A Time to Kill’ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
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I didn’t want anybody’s name on my backside. I personally don’t like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone’s likeness all over it.
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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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