Matthew McConaughey Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.”
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“The "Dazed" fans are the best! "Dazed" fans never even want an autograph or nothin'.”
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“It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.”
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“I work through life with commas. I don't even know, do you have parentheticals?”
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“I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you.”
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“I do believe in God, but I think it's very healthy for a believer to spend time in the pragmatism of agnosticism, and I think God appreciates agnostics trying to make a science of it and going, "I will not believe any further than that." I enjoy that kind of engineering mind. In no way did it ever feel blasphemous to me as a man of faith.”
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“They eat, they crap, they sleep, and if they're crying they need to do one of the three and they're having trouble doing it. Real simple.”
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“A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.”
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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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“Having children has helped me become a better actor because they remind you to play make believe. It's the ease and naturalness of their beings. They just play and it's completely real for them at the time. As an actor, if we do it well, we make you believe.”
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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 like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to.”
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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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“I don't mind assholes. It's the dork I don't trust. The dork is the one who's trying to be whatever he thinks you want him to be. I trust the asshole cause you know where he's gonna stand.”
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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. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different.”
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“My favorite dish is cleaning out the fridge on Sunday night and improvising a great medley.”
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“We found a great rhythm. Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music.”
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“I keep a diary - one for each film and foreign land I travel to.”
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“That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.”
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“It's one of the things I love about making films: the places I've got to travel that I would never have gone to before.”
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“There are three things, to my account, that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.”
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“Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.”
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“Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there's gonna come a time that you're gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.”
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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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“Life is a series of commas, not periods.”
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“Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.”
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“In romantic comedies there's a certain ceiling and a floor that you can't necessarily love as hard, or hate as hard, or have as much pain, because you sink the shop of the romantic comedy. But in a certain drama, like some of the ones I've been doing, the ceiling and the floor was my own. And in many ways, that was a higher ceiling and a lower floor, so that was more of a band-with for those emotions.”
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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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“I got interested in the justice system. If I was, I'd probably be a defense lawyer. I was headed that way, but luckily changed my track to film school.”
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“I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.”
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