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Matthew McConaughey is an accomplished American actor, born on November 4, 1969. Renowned for his versatility and acting prowess, he has won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Famous Matthew McConaughey Quotes

“When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth.”

Knows Hands Left Philanthropy Left Hand Alms Sermon On The Mount

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“By their fruits ye shall know them.”

Knows Achievement Fruit

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“I don't mind assholes. It's the dork I don't trust. The dork is the one who's trying to be whatever he thinks you want him to be. I trust the asshole cause you know where he's gonna stand.”

Thinking Knows Want Trying Mind Causes Don't Trust Want Him Dork

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“I work through life with commas. I don't even know, do you have parentheticals?”

Knows

Author: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.'”

Knows Firsts Life Is Steps Identity Who I Am First Steps

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“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.”

Ifs Knows Want Trying Art Hands Winning Weed Marijuana Dirt Versus

Author: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.”

Knows Ends Reason Turns Loses Periods Conflict

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“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.”

People Knows Mind Perception

Author: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.”

Thinking Knows Witty Cynicism Constructive Quip

Author:Matthew McConaughey

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

Thinking Knows Defense Guilty Clients Attorney Defense Attorneys

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“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.”

Ifs Knows Want Wells Age Grew Computer Grew Up Islands Neighborhood Technological Daylight

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“I love Los Angeles, and it's been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who's living them? You don't play characters that are celebrities - you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank's blocked.”

Ifs Knows Play Character Stories Running Guy Very Good Los Angeles Tanks Blocked

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“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.”

Knows Trying Long I Can Enough Home Would Be Guy Justice Imagine Return Things To Do Favourite Imagine That Adaptable Favourite Things

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven’t seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it’s a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I’m in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don’t feel like you don’t know where I’ve been.”

Ifs Knows Want Feels Years Wells May Stills Film Pleasure Five Special Events Havens Like You Five Years Daniel Day Lewis Special Events

Author: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.”

Knows House Voice Nice Dad Papa Being A Dad

Author: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.”

Knows Years Persons Said Week Fine Months Hero Ten Chasing My Hero

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.”

Knows Years Victory Who I Am Detectives Rust Marty

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“My father – who I know is up there right now, with a big pot of gumbo, he’s got a lemon meringue pie, he’s probably in his underwear, and he’s got a cold can of Miller Lite – and he’s dancing.”

Knows Bigs Father Cold Right Now Dancing Pot Pie Underwear Lemons Gumbo Miller Lite

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“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.'”

Knows Want Firsts Humans Looks Kind Said Facts Hands Actors Opportunity Gratitude Late British Look Up Thank God Charlie Scientific Facts Reciprocate

Author:Matthew McConaughey

“I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.”

Knows Real Rooms Know How Skills

Author:Matthew McConaughey

About the Author

Born: November 4, 1969
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 180

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