Matthew McConaughey Quotes
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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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My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
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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.
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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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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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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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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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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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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
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Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you.
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My rule is to break one sweat a day.
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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 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 like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day's schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.
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I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer.
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A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.
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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.
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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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I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.