Matt Czuchry Quotes

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Matt Czuchry

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 20, 1977

'Carpe Diem' is a phrase that I try to embrace. It means seize the day, to make the most of the present and to give little thought to the past or future. In the time that I have here, I want to love and live life to the fullest while being a positive influence on others. And I want a full life for everyone.

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I was born in New Hampshire, moved to Tennessee when I was 9, and lived there through high school, then went to school at College of Charleston, so definitely a lot of pieces of the South there.

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Theoretically, I could do a movie, but the window is so small, it's very difficult to get timings right and find the right project you love, and they love you back.

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I'm grateful that on a lot of casts I've gained friends for life. But it's more of a rare thing than a normal thing. I have a small group of friends, and I just, uh, feel fulfilled by the people that are in my life.

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What I love about 'The Good Wife' is that it's not straightforward.

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Everyone needs to know how to accept compliments and say thank you.

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When I was in kindergarten, it took me like three months to learn how to spell my own name. But that's also not saying much considering I'm a terrible speller.

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Pabst Blue Ribbon. I'm from Johnson City, Tennessee. I gotta go Pabst.

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I have been extremely fortunate to have incredibly special fans support my work throughout my twelve year career.

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My brother is nine years older than I am. He's a psychology professor, I'm an actor, and so we look at life in two different ways. We thought it would be interesting to come together and take our unique perspectives and share them with everybody else.

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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.

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I had a mouse in my apartment and I couldn't sleep for two nights. I hate mice. They move so fast.

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Somebody wanted me to autograph her breast and I kindly refused. She was in college. I thought maybe I shouldn't do that.

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My season 2 'Good Wife' wrap gift was this deluxe package of Mortal Kombat. I played it for, like, two weeks straight.

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Working with my brother is something that I've always wanted to do. He's one of my best friends.

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Senior year in college, a kind of confluence of events came together to have me pursue a career in acting. I was planning on being a lawyer; I double majored in history and political science. I took the LSAT and did horribly on it, and that was one thing that made me rethink a new direction.

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So much of what we do with our lives is worrying about the things we've done or the things we want to do instead of just being present in the now.

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The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, 'Wow, these are things I didn't realize I was capable of.'

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It's OK to have nice things happen to you - you should embrace that.

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In the fourth-grade talent show, my buddies and I dressed up like the California Raisins - they were big then! - and lip-synched.

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