Matthew McConaughey Quotes
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Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.
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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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My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.
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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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For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine's Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T - that's a bad word that doesn't go with L-O-V-E.
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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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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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When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was - my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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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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My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
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My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.
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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? 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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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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I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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 love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. 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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My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.
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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 have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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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. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.