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 More Quotes by Matthew McConaughey More Quotes From Matthew McConaughey Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. Matthew McConaughey smartgeniusmen 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 selfishrapmean It's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. Matthew McConaughey academy-awardsgratitudefacts The older you get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’ man, l-i-v-i-n’ Matthew McConaughey confusedtryingmen So to any of us, whatever those things are: whatever it is we look up to, whatever it is we look forward to, and whoever it is we're chasin'. To that I say: Amen. To that I say: Alright, alright, alright. To that I say: Just keep livin'. Thank you. Matthew McConaughey amenlook-uplooks 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 life-isfeelingsfall 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 conflictendsreason There's a difference in thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are. Matthew McConaughey differencesknowingthinking 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 gratitudeappreciategiving My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. Matthew McConaughey menmovingneeds 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 jealouspassionhurt 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 threelooksneeds I think it's because we're looking for the meaning. Where is the meaning? We have mindless jobs, we take frantic vacations, deficit finance trips to the mall to buy more things that we think are going to fill these holes in our lives. Is it any wonder that we've lost our sense of direction? Matthew McConaughey meaningfuljobsthinking First off I want to thank God, because he's the one I look up to, he's graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human kind. He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late (British actor) Charlie Laughton, who said, 'When you got God, you got a friend and that friend is you.' Matthew McConaughey gratitudeopportunityhands The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. Matthew McConaughey advicegivingpeople 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 monthsheroyears 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 ninety-ninesticksyesterday I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that. Matthew McConaughey victorywho-i-amyears Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at. Matthew McConaughey rustdetectiveslong That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age. Matthew McConaughey confusedgirlschool
