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.
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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYMy wife and I don’t compete. We know each other’s preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That’s what friends do.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYCameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYMy last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYVanity is great motivation, to be fair.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’ve got a great sense of humor, and if I’m able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that’s hugely flattering.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYRomcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYSo, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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 are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYSure, 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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe 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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