Matthew McConaughey Quotes Page 2

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

“I've got a great sense of humor, and if I'm able to say or do something in a movie that people feel like they want to repeat, that's hugely flattering.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun.”

“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.”

“In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible – there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more.”

“It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Life is a series of commas, not periods.”

“Life is not a popularity contest.”

“Life is not fair, it never was and it is now and it won’t ever be. Do not fall into the trap. The entitlement trap, of feeling like you’re a victim. You are not.”

“Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.”

“Loving a child is a lot harder if you really give a damn. 'No' takes a lot more energy. It’s a lot easier to say 'yes.'”

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

“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.”

“My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.”

“My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't.”

“My rule is to break one sweat a day.”

“My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“The best education I’ve had in my life is to travel.”

“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.”