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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. "
Matthew McConaughey
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Know
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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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" 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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" My rule is to break one sweat a day. "
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" There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part. "
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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 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 say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach. "
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" We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. "
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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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" There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed. "
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