You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
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.
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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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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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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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Water’s never clumsy.
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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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A creep is someone who claims he’s one thing but he’s actually another.
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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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I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.
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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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Vrtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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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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One 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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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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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.’
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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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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 will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.
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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.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process.
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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’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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