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
By their fruits ye shall know them.
Having children has helped me become a better actor because they remind you to play make believe. It's the ease and naturalness of their beings. They just play and it's completely real for them at the time. As an actor, if we do it well, we make you believe.
My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.
I think it's because we're looking for the meaning. Where is the meaning? We have mindless jobs, we take frantic vacations, deficit finance trips to the mall to buy more things that we think are going to fill these holes in our lives. Is it any wonder that we've lost our sense of direction?
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 don't mind assholes. It's the dork I don't trust. The dork is the one who's trying to be whatever he thinks you want him to be. I trust the asshole cause you know where he's gonna stand.
I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.
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 think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
Don't play an attitude; don't play a guy who's negative. Play a guy who's not trying to sell anybody on anything, he's just saying how it is and if you want to come by what he's thinking, you're welcome. If you do not, then do not.
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.
My rule is to break one sweat a day.
I get it. You have the right to have guns. But look, let's forget that right. Let's forget the pleasure you get safely on your range, because it's in the wrong hands in other places.
A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.