Matthew David McConaughey was a man who enjoys acting and this is what he pursued from a young age, he is an American actor and producer. After many years of trying there was a breaking point in his life where people recognized his brilliance, in his coming of age comedy Dazed and Confused was when he became well known. Over the past few years, he struggled to get recogised as an actor, but he never gave up and continued on with his dreams. Matthew McConaughey quotes are amazing, these quotes by Matthew David McConaughey will allow you to understand how hard work pays off.
Matthew Mcconaughey Quotes
- “You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.” Matthew McConaughey
- “We need disciplines, guidelines, context, and responsibility early in any new endeavor. It’s the time to sacrifice, to learn, to observe, to take heed. If and when we get knowledge of the space, the craft, the people, and the plan, then we can let our freak flag fly and create.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I got a mother who, you know, knows that all of my talents came from her, and she needs to be up there, and she didn’t get her chance to be in the Golden Girls. So now is her chance, so come on with it.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The “Dazed” fans are the best! “Dazed” fans never even want an autograph or nothin’.” Matthew McConaughey
- “It’d Be a Lot Cooler If You Did.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.” Matthew McConaughey
- “There are three things, to my account, that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Water’s never clumsy.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The law says you cannot touch, but I see a lot of lawbreakers up in this house.” Matthew McConaughey
- “If I’m doing something I do like to take it to the limit. I’ve got a high ceiling. A wide threshold for seeing what those boundaries are for myself. I’m very resilient inside. I find things that I like and do and boy, I do like to stick to them.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Create structure so you can have freedom. Create your weather, so you can blow in the wind. Map your direction so you can swerve in the lanes. Clean up so you can get dirty. Choreograph, then dance. Learn to read and write before you can start making up words. Initiation before inaugurations. Earn your Saturdays.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I do not remember the last time when we partied when she didn’t go to bed after me and get up before me.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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
- “I work through life with commas. I don’t even know, do you have parentheticals?” Matthew McConaughey
- “I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I know who I am. And after all these years, there’s a victory in that.” Matthew McConaughey
- 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.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Creativity needs borders. Individuality needs resistance. The earth needs gravity. Without them there is no form, no art, only chaos.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Life’s barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I believe in living in the present and making each day count. I don’t pay much attention to the past or the future.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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.” Matthew McConaughey
- “We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows. We have to be thrown off balance to find our footing. It’s better to jump than fall. And here I am.” Matthew McConaughey
- “When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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 grow that doesn’t want to come out? I know I’ll win.” Matthew McConaughey
- “There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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
- “It’s a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.” Matthew McConaughey
- “There’s a responsibility to freedom and there is freedom in responsibility.” Matthew McConaughey
- “My life is a road, man. I need to keep moving.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The first step that leads to our identity in life is usually not ‘I know who I am,’ but rather, ‘I know who I am not’ process of elimination.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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.” Matthew McConaughey
- “We all have scars, we gonna have more. Rather than struggle against time and waste it, let’s dance with time and redeem it. Cause we don’t live longer when we try not to die. We live longer when we are too busy living.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I’ve done films where we don’t rehearse, and I’ve done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?” Matthew McConaughey
- “We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.” Matthew McConaughey
- “When you’ve got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you.” Matthew McConaughey
- “The best education I’ve had in my life is to travel.” Matthew McConaughey
- “I’m most fearless in my belief in my and mankind’s benevolence and the common denominator of the values among us.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Now first off I want to thank God, because that’s who I look up to. He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or of any human hand.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Life is not fair. It never was, and it isn’t now, and it won’t ever be. Do not fall into the trap — the entitlement trap of feeling like you’re a victim. You are not.” Matthew McConaughey
- “A drunk doesn’t try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Don’t walk into a place like you wanna buy it, walk in like you own it.” Matthew McConaughey
- “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
- “A man should always have his diary on him. That way he’s guaranteed to have something incredible to read.” Matthew McConaughey
- “There’s a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.” Matthew McConaughey
- “Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.” Matthew McConaughey
