Matthew McConaughey People Quotations

There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.

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

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.

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.

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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.

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.

Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art.

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.

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

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.

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.