I 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 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.
More Matthew McConaughey Quotes
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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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We spend so much time sublimatin’, thinkin’ about, ‘What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?’
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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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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely.
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I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux.
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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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Any artist, the work you do, if it’s a painting or if it’s a performance.
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If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full – a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon’s waning.
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You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
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Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.
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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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