Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Matthew Goode

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Matthew Goode.
Last updated on November 20, 2024.
Matthew Goode

Matthew William Goode is an English actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's TV film feature Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the German-British romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (2008), and as Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film Watchmen (2009), based on the comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred in romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.

When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.
I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.
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
You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!
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.
My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.
I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.
When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.
I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.
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.
I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.
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.
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.
Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.
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.
I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.
If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.
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
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.
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