23 Quotes & Sayings By Matthew Mcconaughey

Matthew McConaughey is an American actor. At the age of twenty-one he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his leading role as Woodrow Wilson in the television film, "Three Days of the Condor." In 2002 he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in his portrayal of Ugandan anti-colonial activist and politician, Joseph Kony in the historical drama "Kony 2012." He went on to win a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for this role, as well as winning a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor. McConaughey also received nominations for two other films that year: "Mud" and "The Wedding Planner". Additionally, McConaughey was cast in the lead role of the comedy film Failure to Launch (although he did not appear in any scenes) Read more

He has appeared in romantic comedies such as Failure to Launch (both co-starring Goldie Hawn), Serenity (starring alongside Reese Witherspoon and Julianne Moore), and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (starring alongsideJennifer Lopez). The success of these films led him to star in romantic comedies such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (starring alongside Kate Hudson), Failure to Launch (starring alongside Goldie Hawn) and Fool's Gold (starring alongside Sarah Jessica Parker). In 2008 he starred as real-life cocaine dealer Richard Perry Frye in the crime comedy film The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2010 he appeared as D.B. Cooper in the true story drama film 20 Feet from Stardom, which was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.

He then appeared as the title character in the science fiction film Cowboys & Aliens. He then starred as Jarrod Hayes in the action thriller film White House Down, which opened at number one at the box office and grossed $160 million worldwide. His next role was that of Ron Woodroof in Steven Soderbergh’s action thriller Haywire, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did.
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It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did. Matthew McConaughey
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Be brave. Take the hill. But first answer the question, "What is my hill? Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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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
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. Matthew McConaughey
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There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. Matthew McConaughey
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There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try and close the gaps. What's the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it's exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That's really cool. That's the biggest signifier of closing the gaps. Matthew McConaughey
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I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition. Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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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
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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win. Matthew McConaughey
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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
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. Matthew McConaughey
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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
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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
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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. Matthew McConaughey
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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. Matthew McConaughey