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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

Matthew McConaughey

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Matthew McConaughey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 4
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Uvalde
Texas
Matthew David McConaughey
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A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.
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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.
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My father – who I know is up there right now, with a big pot of gumbo, he’s got a lemon meringue pie, he’s probably in his underwear, and he’s got a cold can of Miller Lite – and he’s dancing.
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I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman.
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I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My experience in work, even going to work with Scorsese, is that people always think there's some magic trick. There's no magic trick. The people who are really good at what they do do simple things really, really well.
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One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.
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By their fruits ye shall know them.
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Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you.
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I like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to.
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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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I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.
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Bringing a baby into the world is something I've always wanted, and now I'm completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being.
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I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you.
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