Matthew McConaughey Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Matthew McConaughey on Wise Famous Quotes.
You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not 'I know who I am,' but rather 'I know who I am not.'
The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
I hated repeating myself. The last films I've done - not once did I ever have the feeling that I was dialing it in.
Every hero doesn't do this great big hero thing. They do the simple thing over and over ... and they stick to it.
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.
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.'
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.
I'm obsessed with trying to understand what somebody is talking about and trying to get them to understand me.
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.
I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.
The older you get, the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, l-i-v-i-n'
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 not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do.
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.
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.
To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.
I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.
The one thing that will be the bane of my existence with my kid will probably be the way he or she is most like me in some ways.
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.
I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?'
As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up and give the best performance I can.
It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad.
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.
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.
I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't.