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 Romantic
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 Home
There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. -Matthew McConaughey Fear
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 Cool
There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. -Matthew McConaughey Cool
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 Teacher
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 Sports
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 Failure
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 Famous
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 Science
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 Computers
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 Good
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 Time
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 Humor
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 Jealousy
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 Science
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 Romantic
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 Art
