I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI’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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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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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 like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities.
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Good ideas are free – or at least they should be.
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Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.
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There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.
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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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Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
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There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I’m trying to pull out of the ground that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.
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I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.
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Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.
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You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.
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Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
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My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself.
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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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