Matt Quotes

Give your hero a strong simple reason that he or she has to solve the problem right now.

Computer science doesn't know how to build complex systems that work reliably. This has been a well-understood problem since the very beginning of programmable computers.

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

I think Billy Ray has a lot of great stories up his sleeve. I've heard a lot of his plans for the show, should it go forward, and I think there's a lot in store for people, if it's given a chance.

I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home.

I see myself working, making a living and doing projects that I'm passionate about, regardless of the medium.

To me, when you're at a hotel and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way.

I like not to know, unless it's something that I need to know, specifically, for how I color a performance.

If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out.

In that Freak Show environment, I got to spend time with so many of the actors who were part of that world. I just had the best time ever.

It's so rare, especially as a younger actor, to find a role where it's not just one-dimensional and it's not just a stock leading man.

What is ultimately motivating the character?

For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on White Collar over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.

Certainly when you're dealing with more deep emotional work and sensory work, for me it helps me to just stay in it.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

Sitting opposite Steven Spielberg, while he turns the pages of your script and talks about each scene as he goes, is about the best film school you can get.

I spent time on set in New York and Berlin sitting next to Steven Spielberg while he worked, which was the biggest thrill of my life.

It takes work to plot a course that is both thrilling and truthful, but it's worth it.

This verse made me realize that I've divorced an entire aspect of my life from God: eating

Groupon has some interesting assets.

I am very aware that I'm one of the luckiest people who ever lived.

I think mobile advertising is going to be huge.

Mobile is something I think about all the time now.

I'm easy to find on the Internet.

One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made.

A lot of my old stuff is pretty simple. The new stuff is slightly more in-depth.

That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own.

If a record label will sign you in order for you to be moulded into something that can make more money for them, then you should get out of there if you're that artist.

That's another interesting thing about music: It can mean anything.

I started skateboarding when I was 12, and I broke my leg when I was 19 so... seven years.

You can never plan what a song will do. I wrote Mr Pitiful song on a piano I paid $200 for and I definitely got my money's worth.

I'm a bit of a connoisseur of Google criticism.

Guest blogging is probably the sort of thing that you should be thinking about doing in moderation.

Thirty days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit - like watching the news - from your life.

Make your links from blog comments genuine.

Mobile is important, and coming faster than most people in this room realize.

The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.

If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it.

I think marrying somebody who's not a celebrity, it just takes a lot of the pressure off.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

I honestly if I get a vacation I'm gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that's the one place I haven't been for a very long time.

I don't see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.

If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that.

I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.

Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.

Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.