Matthew McConaughey Quotes & Sayings

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. — Matthew McConaughey

What the heck is true love? I remember feeling, back when I was 12 and 'going' with this girl, 'Is this true love?' — Matthew McConaughey

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. — Matthew McConaughey

'Unbelievable' is the stupidest word in the dictionary. — Matthew McConaughey

I only pick one thing; North, South, East or West. I just get on the road and go. That's the point. The only governor I give myself is what's the time limit. — Matthew McConaughey

I work through life with commas. I don't even know, do you have parentheticals? — Matthew McConaughey

When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them. — Matthew McConaughey

It's one of the things I love about making films: the places I've got to travel that I would never have gone to before. — Matthew McConaughey

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — 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

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man. — Matthew McConaughey

It's nice when they notice the deep voice from across the house, and they know it's papa. They know it's Dad. — Matthew McConaughey

As an actor for hire, my job is to do some pre-production work for myself. Then my job is to show up and give the best performance I can. — Matthew McConaughey

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

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

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Life is not fair, it never was and it is 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

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

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Bringing a baby into the world is something I've always wanted, and now I'm completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being. — Matthew McConaughey

Offers dried up after a few years and it was like I had fallen off the radar. — Matthew McConaughey

It'd Be a Lot Cooler If You Did. — Matthew McConaughey

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. — Matthew McConaughey

I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out. — Matthew McConaughey

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy. — Matthew McConaughey

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? — Matthew McConaughey

I keep a diary - one for each film and foreign land I travel to. — Matthew McConaughey

I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach. — Matthew McConaughey

I've been wanting to have my own family since I was young. It just took me a while to find the perfect woman. — 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.' — Matthew McConaughey

The hardest thing was going through different stages of weight loss. At the beginning, it was easy to take off the weight with exercise and eating less but then you reach a point where 90% of the weight loss is achieved purely through reducing your calorie intake. My goal was to lose four lbs per week and that worked well for the first few months but then things got tricky. — Matthew McConaughey

A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down. — Matthew McConaughey

My rule is to break one sweat a day. — 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

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

I'm not trying to put on airs for anybody. I'm only trying to impress myself by doing the best job I can do. — Matthew McConaughey

My wife and I don't compete. We know each other's preferences, and we work to provide those for each other. One will take over when the other is faced with something he or she dislikes. That's what friends do. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm a pretty loyal guy with friends and family, I've had the same friends for a long time. — Matthew McConaughey

Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I'm your ultimate backpacker when I'm away. It's just me and my backpack. It's good for getting away from the industry. — Matthew McConaughey

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different. — Matthew McConaughey

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

I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It's done more good things for me than it has not. — Matthew McConaughey

No computer, no gadget, no trickery. I am an animal, it is a plant. I will beat the weed! — Matthew McConaughey

Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?. — Matthew McConaughey

There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it. — Matthew McConaughey

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth. — Matthew McConaughey

We spend so much time sublimatin', thinkin' about, 'What am I going to have for lunch, dinner?' — Matthew McConaughey

I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

We found a great rhythm. Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music. — Matthew McConaughey

I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. — Matthew McConaughey

The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. — Matthew McConaughey

Man shall not live by bread alone. — Matthew McConaughey

There are certain nights you and your image just aren't in the same bed. — Matthew McConaughey

The "Dazed" fans are the best! "Dazed" fans never even want an autograph or nothin'. — Matthew McConaughey

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. — Matthew McConaughey

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

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. — Matthew McConaughey

I like the 'Alive' part. Now I've made it. Wait until you see the roles I could take after this. You're going to see my gut hanging over, plus 22lbs. It'll be a whole new kind of sexy! — Matthew McConaughey

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

Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. — Matthew McConaughey

Life is a series of commas, not periods. — Matthew McConaughey

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be. — Matthew McConaughey

Every hero doesn't do this great big hero thing. They do the simple thing over and over ... and they stick to it. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it's more fun. — Matthew McConaughey

You know who it is? It's me in 10 years. So I turned 25. Ten years later, that same person comes to me and says, 'So, are you a hero?' And I was like, 'not even close. No, no, no.' She said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because my hero's me at 35.' So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that. I know I'm not, and that's just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing. — Matthew McConaughey

Some things, you just like what you like and you stick to it. Other things, you like what you like, but the things that come with celebrity or success comes more options. There's was nine, all of the sudden there's ninety-nine things to say "yes" to, which you didn't have the option to say "yes" to yesterday. — Matthew McConaughey

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back. — Matthew McConaughey

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there. — 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

My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. — 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

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. — Matthew McConaughey

Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or going to church or going out to dinner - I don't choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags. — Matthew McConaughey

I like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to. — Matthew McConaughey

I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.' — Matthew McConaughey

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

It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. — Matthew McConaughey

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair. — Matthew McConaughey

Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at. — Matthew McConaughey

Without exercise, I don't feel like my head works right. — Matthew McConaughey

I'm obsessed with trying to understand what somebody is talking about and trying to get them to understand me. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

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. — Matthew McConaughey

Water's never clumsy. — 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

When I see grace in a woman, that's very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm. — Matthew McConaughey

I do believe in God, but I think it's very healthy for a believer to spend time in the pragmatism of agnosticism, and I think God appreciates agnostics trying to make a science of it and going, "I will not believe any further than that." I enjoy that kind of engineering mind. In no way did it ever feel blasphemous to me as a man of faith. — Matthew McConaughey

To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is. — Matthew McConaughey

Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Matthew McConaughey

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

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

I got interested in the justice system. If I was, I'd probably be a defense lawyer. I was headed that way, but luckily changed my track to film school. — Matthew McConaughey

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one. — Matthew McConaughey

A foolish man ... built his house upon the sand. — Matthew McConaughey