Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, and professor of film, known for his captivating leading roles and versatility. He has appeared in more than 40 feature films, beginning with his breakout role in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, that have grossed over $1 billion. While he is most popular for his roles in films including Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, Free State of Jones, and the HBO television series True Detective, McConaughey is also the author of Greenlights, his life-changing, #1 New York Times Bestselling memoir that provides an intimate look at his life, career, and personal philosophies. The book has inspired millions of readers through the actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction–and it’s now available in paperback and with exclusive new content. Beyond writing and film, McConaughey, alongside his wife, Camila, founded the Just Keep Livin’ Foundation, a nonprofit organization that empowers high school students to make healthy choices by implementing after school fitness programs across 19 cities in the United States.

From November 16-17, McConaughey will be headlining the 2024 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas. Joined by authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Ernest Cline, he will showcase his memoir and celebrate the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination with readers.

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00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Relationship to Acting
04:34 - RomComs, Sabbatical and Green Lights
16:50 - Place of Conception Theory
19:20 - Reading Scripts and Acting
33:04 - “Moved through life? Or move through life?”
39:24 - “Prayer Life” and Spirituality
41:45 - Had you not gone into acting…?
43:08 - Dynamic Actors, Launch Pad Lines and True Acting
51:19 - Parenting
01:01:29 - The Best Directors
01:12:38 - Superstitions
01:16:39 - The Most Beautiful Place?
01:23:30 - Are you Sensitive?
01:25:45 - Relationship to Music?
01:30:21 - In/Out of Character
01:36:34 - Best and Worst Parts of the Job
01:39:34 - Three Turning Points in Career
01:47:48 - Reactions from Others
01:49:26 - Formative Texas
01:55:22 - What do you believe now that you didn’t when you were young?