Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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?' "

Matthew McConaughey

Thank You

You

Man

Related Quotes:

" I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.' "

Matthew McConaughey

Job

Way

" I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. "

" When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was - my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time. "

" 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. "

" What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?' "

" I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. "

" It's not a science when you are judging art, but we'd be remiss to say you can't look at something and say, 'This is more well done than that.' "

" My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations. "

" A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach. "

" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "

" 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. "

" I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people. "

" Water's never clumsy. "

" I'm one of the most adaptable guys I know in as much as travelling is my favourite thing to do in life. With every place I go, I try to stay there long enough to do it justice, long enough so that I can at least imagine what it would be like to live there. Once I imagine that, then it's OK for me to return home. "

" I've got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I've got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job. "

" I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone's inside virtually going everywhere they want to go, virtually having relationships, virtually traveling across the neighborhood, virtually going to that island. "

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

" See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do. "

" Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are. "

" You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now. "

" Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. "

" 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. "

Matthew McConaughey

See

" If you want your hair to be thicker, cut it when the moon is about to be full - a heavy, full, waxing moon. Do not cut it when the moon's waning. "

" 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. "

" I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals. "

Matthew McConaughey

Films

Rehearsals

" 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. "

" 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. "