Life is a series of commas, not periods.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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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What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and ‘going’ with this girl, ‘Is this true love?’
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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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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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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I say to the paparazzi, ‘Fellas, take your shot and go.’ It’s just they usually find me on a beach.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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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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My 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.
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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.
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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.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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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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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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