Matthew Goode Quotes

#1. I didn't shoot any guns then or when we did the scene with Uncle Charlie [Matthew Goode] and Evie [Nicole Kidman] in the hall. I sort of pressed the button but there were no blanks or anything in there because I think it was always going to cut.

Mia Wasikowska

#2. My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.

Matthew Goode

#3. I like the fact that Hogan's shoes all have this sporty sole that is great even for an older man with a bad back like me.

Matthew Goode

#4. I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

Matthew Goode

#5. You in the back," said the principal. "Don't think you can hide. Tell me. What would you like to be?"
"Dangerous," said the hidden girl, without a second's hesitation.

Kirsten Miller

#6. I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.

Matthew Goode

#7. I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"

Matthew William Goode

#8. Christ can be trusted to keep His Word that He will exchange our drab existence for joyous living, abundant life! And while true love, total acceptance, and complete security are rare in our frantic world, the biblical evidence that our desires in these areas will be fulfilled in Christ is abundant.

Josh McDowell

#9. I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

Goran Ivanisevic

#10. A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness in both that carries me away.

Georgia O'Keeffe

#11. I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.

Matthew Goode

#12. Golf courses are beautiful, it's good for the soul and it gets out the anger ... well, if you don't care about the score then you won't have a heart attack.

Matthew Goode

#13. When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

Matthew Goode

#14. Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.

Matthew William Goode

#15. Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

Matthew Goode

#16. I will not exchange my time for money.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#17. My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

Matthew Goode

#18. I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

Matthew Goode

#19. Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

Matthew Goode

#20. You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

Matthew Goode

#21. I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

Matthew Goode

#22. Who you gonna believe-me or your lying eyes?

Richard Pryor

#23. When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

Matthew Goode

#24. If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

Matthew Goode

#25. Distancing yourself from some painful event is probably the ignition for the process of forgiveness.

Stephen Richards

#26. Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

Matthew William Goode

#27. We are aware that many national farm organizations are putting forth various plans to provide both short- and long-term relief to our nation's agricultural producers. While we believe long-term solutions are essential, the current situation demands a more immediate response.

Mel Carnahan

#28. I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.

Matthew Goode

#29. The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

#30. I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.

Matthew Goode

#31. My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.

Chad Channing