I’m one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEYThere’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
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I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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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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We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
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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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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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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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We spend so much time sublimatin’, thinkin’ about, ‘What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?’
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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.
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I’ve been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.
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I’m a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative.
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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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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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When 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?’
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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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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Whether I’m running on the beach without my shirt or whether I’m going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner.
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I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin’ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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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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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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I was raised on, ‘You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.’
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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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I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.
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