Matthew Quotes

I get stuff for free and I sell it for as much as I can get.

Anyone can make anyone else look bad if they really want to pull things apart enough.

What I do in my book is let people know about these programs.

There are many programs specifically aimed at helping people in poverty start a business.

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries.

Some of the best health care services are free or cost very little and are even available to millionaires but hardly anyone knows they exist.

The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

I love making people laugh.

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end up bouncing ideas off each other.

My parents are proud of me being an actor.

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.

I'm very much open to the possibilities.

What I've found is that stage is very much a foundation of acting. It's where it all began and you're working with that repetition.

There was never any point at which I was considering leaving Harry Potter. If I were to stop acting, it would have been after.

Having done television, I was used to either being aware whether I got the part within the same day, or within two, three days max.

As an actor you really want to push yourself, and there's no better way than to do an intense drama.

I mean, I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them.

Alan Rickman, who was mentored me a lot. He was very keen to offer his opinions on stuff. Not in a pretentious way. Not in a patronizing way.

Leeds is quite laid-back.

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

I get too excited about football and rugby.

I never went to drama school.

I'm very professional.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.

It's always been my dream to be in a war film.

Theater was such a different school of acting. But it really is a foundation of everything. It's where it all started! And I feel like I learned so much.

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

I don't feel hunky at all.

A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.

Rupert Grint is exactly like his character Ron, in that they are both incredibly funny, friendly, and loyal.

I don't go to parties. I don't go to clubs. My friends and I don't go drinking, we play D&D. I'm still a weird entity in the world.

I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.

I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company.

A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny, you test yourself.

I'm almost 40, so it's an awkward time in my career. You kind of hope it comes through and, if not, I'll be a waiter. Awesome.

There's not a comedy actor who doesn't want a chance to do drama, and vice versa. As actors, we're always looking to be pushed and to do the other side of the coin.

I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and have multiple layers.

Being an actor, when you sign onto a project - whether it's good, bad, or indifferent - you kind of fall in love with it. You fall in love with the experience, you fall in love with the memories.

Every kid's dream is to be a great actor.

For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.

The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.