370 Quotes by Matthew McConaughey

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

I want to thank God because that's who I look up. He's graced my life with opportunities. He's shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.