There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYSo, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYMy 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.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYRomcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYKids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWe have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
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?
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThe best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWithout exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‘Sexiest Man Alive,’ I’m honestly going, ‘Thank you. Right on.’ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‘Does this make me less talented of an actor?’
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYI love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYEven as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYWhen I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYYou 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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