Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused. He appeared in such films as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, the legal thriller A Time to Kill, Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad, the science fiction drama Contact, the comedy EDtv, and the war film U-571...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1969
CityUvalde, TX
CountryUnited States of America
If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun.
There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.
I had a fan who had a fictional relationship with me. She wrote letters to me and then wrote return letters to herself (from me). In her mind, we were married and had two children. Her parents finally uncovered this delusional life she was living and she got help.
Each of the films, whether it's Magic Mike or Dallas Buyers Club, was a challenge for me. I had to dig deeper. Also, my decision to shake things up came after my first child was born. I had taken nearly two years off and I thought that I would enjoy my time as a dad and wait until something interesting came along
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.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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.
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.
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.
The first day we were shooting, you've got that 35 millimeter camera and then I've got two or three other video cameras and I can look into those cameras, but I can't look into the 35 millimeter, obviously, ... Well, the first day of shooting, I'm sitting there, talking to one camera and then I'm looking in all the cameras. Ron had to come up and say, 'Don't look at this one.'" ()
The character I portray was not first on the list. There were others who didn't want it. One (took it), stayed a couple of days and moved on." ()
I like to customize things. I customized the back of old Lincoln to be my mobile office. I had one of those little laptop desks like in a police car, and I had a cooler in there, so that was my mobile office.
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.
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.