Matthew McConaughey Quotes
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I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
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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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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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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 think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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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? So, 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.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.
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Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you.
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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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I think the discipline comes with turning that cellphone and Blackberry off and unplugging completely. You do that and you go through some withdrawals in the beginning. You start thinking, 'Oh, do I need to do this? Do I need to do that?' You forget that we were doing just fine with the payphone.
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A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.
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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. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy.
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I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach.