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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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" I don't dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it's gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin' White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It's connected to where you are today. "

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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. "

" Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner - I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags. "

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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. "

" To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is. "

" I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover. "

" Kids will remind you that, even though you've gone down a road 100 times, it's brand new for them - and that's healthy. "

" Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. "

" The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. "

" The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.' "

" I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Vanity is great motivation, to be fair. "

" When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them. "

" I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach. "

Matthew McConaughey

Say

Find

" We spend so much time sublimatin', thinkin' about, 'What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?' "

" I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill. "

" I personally don't like to go see romantic comedies. But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them. "

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" The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Come together, break up, go chase her, get her, roll credits. That's what happens in all of them. "

" Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles. "

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Different

" Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life. "

" I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty. "

" My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one. "

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Everyone

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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. "

" 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

" My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there. "

" There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. "

" 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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Day