Mcconaughey Quotes

The "Dazed" fans are the best! "Dazed" fans never even want an autograph or nothin'. — Matthew McConaughey

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

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. — Matthew McConaughey

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.' — Matthew McConaughey

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm a pretty loyal guy with friends and family, I've had the same friends for a long time. — Matthew McConaughey

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer. — Matthew McConaughey

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

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. — Matthew McConaughey

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

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. — Matthew McConaughey

I hated repeating myself. The last films I've done - not once did I ever have the feeling that I was dialing it in. — Matthew McConaughey

The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. — Matthew McConaughey

Every hero doesn't do this great big hero thing. They do the simple thing over and over ... and they stick to it. — Matthew McConaughey

I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. — Matthew McConaughey

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.' — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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

A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm obsessed with trying to understand what somebody is talking about and trying to get them to understand me. — Matthew McConaughey

It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did. — Matthew McConaughey

A genius could be anybody that he wants, but ingenious is always one person at that time. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

My rule is to break one sweat a day. — Matthew McConaughey

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

Without exercise, I don't feel like my head works right. — Matthew McConaughey

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' — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? — Matthew McConaughey

By their fruits ye shall know them. — Matthew McConaughey

Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. — Matthew McConaughey

Offers dried up after a few years and it was like I had fallen off the radar. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me. — Matthew McConaughey

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. — Matthew McConaughey

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are. — Matthew McConaughey

Water's never clumsy. — Matthew McConaughey

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people. — Matthew McConaughey

I keep a diary - one for each film and foreign land I travel to. — Matthew McConaughey

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. — Matthew McConaughey

The tree is known by his fruit. — Matthew McConaughey

Life is a series of commas, not periods. — Matthew McConaughey

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill. — Matthew McConaughey

Have you seen McConaughey in 'Unsolved Mysteries?' Even back then, it's a great performance! And he's mowing the lawn. — Cary Fukunaga

Romantic comedies are built to be light. They're built for a certain buoyancy. — Matthew McConaughey

My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. — Matthew McConaughey

A foolish man ... built his house upon the sand. — Matthew McConaughey

I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don't pay much attention to the past or the future. — Matthew McConaughey

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. — Matthew McConaughey

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. — Matthew McConaughey

Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman. — Matthew McConaughey

I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It's done more good things for me than it has not. — Matthew McConaughey

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

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition. — Matthew McConaughey

Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they're built to be buoyant. It's easy to demean them. — Matthew McConaughey

It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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

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

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty. — Matthew McConaughey

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

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

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth. — Matthew McConaughey

Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out. — Matthew McConaughey

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. — Matthew McConaughey

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles. — Matthew McConaughey

The best education I've had in my life is to travel. — Matthew McConaughey

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. — Matthew McConaughey

A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another. — Matthew McConaughey

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

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

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair. — Matthew McConaughey

Try not to make a straight line crooked. — Matthew McConaughey

Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. — Matthew McConaughey

Wisdom is justified of her children. — Matthew McConaughey

When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm. — Matthew McConaughey

The law says you cannot touch, but I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house. — Matthew McConaughey

No computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed! — Matthew McConaughey

Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. — Matthew McConaughey

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that. — Matthew McConaughey

Hypocrites do the devil's drudgery in Christ's livery. — Matthew McConaughey

There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. — Matthew McConaughey

Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't. — Matthew McConaughey

I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on. — Matthew McConaughey

There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey