Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYGood ideas are free – or at least they should be.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI don’t dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don’t know, people’s perceptions of me. I truly don’t.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYOne 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?
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYIf you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhat’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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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 MCCONAUGHEYA creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen 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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI 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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