Quotes from 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.

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

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.

There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.

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.

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.'

The best education I've had in my life is to travel.

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.

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

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.

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

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.

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

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

My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.

I don't dabble and spend much mind or time dealing with, I don't know, people's perceptions of me. I truly don't.

I never go online on my iPhone. Sometimes I'm tempted but I remind myself and the kids - it's a tool. Use it as a tool. You're not the tool. My iPhone, 85% of the time I'm writing down ideas.

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.

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.

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.

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

I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.

I don't dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it's gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin' White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It's connected to where you are today.

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