I’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.
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.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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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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The 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 I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
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Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.
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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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There’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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You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, ‘Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?’ You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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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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