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title: "2 Being cool Quotes By Tim McGraw"
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> [As an actor, you can't say, "I'm going to try to be cool at all cost when I do this," because that's the opposite of what you need to do as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/as-an-actor-you-can-t-say-i-m-going-to-try-to-be-cool-at-all-cost/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/tim-mcgraw-3313_actor_as-an-actor-you-can-t-say-i-m-going-to-t_304481.jpg)

> [When you get in the middle of a career and you're successful, people come and offer you things. My biggest fear was that if you try to do something else and you're trying to build your music career, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/when-you-get-in-the-middle-of-a-career-and-you-re-successful-people/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/tim-mcgraw-3313_being-cool_when-you-get-in-the-middle-of-a-career-a_2431640.png)

## Other authors on Being cool

## More by Tim McGraw

> [When I first started, I was really nervous. You could hear my voice quiver. So I started drinking a bit and that helped. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/when-i-first-started-i-was-really-nervous-you-could-hear-my-voice/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [I try to walk on the sunny side of the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-try-to-walk-on-the-sunny-side-of-the-street/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [“I need you like a needle needs a vein. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-need-you-like-a-needle-needs-a-vein/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [The way he shook his hips up there on that stage, but before that fateful day when he left Tennessee all of them were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/the-way-he-shook-his-hips-up-there-on-that-stage-but-before-that/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [“People always ask me "Son what does it take To reach out and touch your dreams?" To them I always say Are you hungry?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/people-always-ask-me-son-what-does-it-take-to-reach-out-and-touch/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [I'm gonna get fired if I don't get some sleep, my long lost buddies say I'm gettin' in too deep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-m-gonna-get-fired-if-i-don-t-get-some-sleep-my-long-lost-buddies/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [ My mom is my hero. \[She\] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that's gotta… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/my-mom-is-my-hero-she-inspired-me-to-dream-when-i-was-a-kid-so/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [ I get ticked off a lot because I don't think she \[Faith Hill\] gets the respect she deserves. I tell her all the time,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-get-ticked-off-a-lot-because-i-don-t-think-she-faith-hill-gets-the/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [I want to run for the Senate from Tennessee. Not now, but when I'm 50, when music dies down a little bit. I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-want-to-run-for-the-senate-from-tennessee-not-now-but-when-i-m-50/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [Music and movie scripts are books. You want to be literally moved and that's the sort of things I look for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/music-and-movie-scripts-are-books-you-want-to-be-literally-moved-and/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/when-all-is-said-and-done-i-d-never-count-the-cost-it-s-worth-all/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [You do what you do and you pay for your sins and there's no such thing as what might have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/you-do-what-you-do-and-you-pay-for-your-sins-and-there-s-no-such/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/i-feel-like-that-i-m-learning-all-the-time-i-m-learning-from-new/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [Sometimes I think as an artist you tend to go toward the heartbreak and the sadness because those are the deepest and heaviest emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/sometimes-i-think-as-an-artist-you-tend-to-go-toward-the-heartbreak/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

> [The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy Bob Thornton.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/the-last-movie-i-did-i-was-very-lucky-i-got-to-work-with-probably-the/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

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