The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’
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?
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The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
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I personally don’t like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them.
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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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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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You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
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A coach, especially at a college level – much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level – you’re more of a teacher than an actual coach.
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It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say, ‘This is more well done than that.’
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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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My whole family are hams. They’re storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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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.
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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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I 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.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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