Matthew Quotes

I've always been a guy that doesn't do well waiting for people to say, "You can act." It's always been a part of me.

The stage is a training ground and it's where you learn what's funny and what's successful.

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw into it.

If I could act in theater, my whole life, and never act in film or television again, and just direct the rest of my life, I would gladly do that.

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along.

No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.

I needed a song and I need a place to kind of get it out. John Paul [White] was there for me as a friend, and I really appreciated that because I just needed a place to go.

I've never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.

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.

I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

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.

Try not to make a straight line crooked.

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Yes, it is the Big Easy, home of the shortest hangover on the planet, where libation can greet you on Monday morning with the same smile as it did on Saturday night.

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.

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

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

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.

A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there's enough room for all of us to succeed.

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.'

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

Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.

I like the 'Alive' part. Now I've made it. Wait until you see the roles I could take after this. You're going to see my gut hanging over, plus 22lbs. It'll be a whole new kind of sexy!

Cynicism can be funny. But it's the easy way. You'll forget to enjoy anything. I try to make the evolving choice, the forward-moving, life-giving choice. Just keep living, man.

Starting at about, I guess, forever, I've always looked forward to getting older. When I was 14, I couldn't wait to be 16 and get a driver's license.

I tell myself I bear witness. The real answer is that it's obviously my programming. And I lack the constitution for suicide.

I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.

Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I'm your ultimate backpacker when I'm away. It's just me and my backpack. It's good for getting away from the industry.