Mathew McConaughey is GQ’s “Leading Man of the Year” and in his cover story, he opens up about some of his life’s philosophies.
For starters, the father of three collects phrases of wisdom in his laptop. He also explains his meaning of the word selfish and why he enjoys acting that way.
“I got 821 of them,” he said of the “aphorisms, bumper stickers, truths, and rhymes,” he collects.
McConaughey also told GQ the word selfish has a “bad rap.”
“I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me,” he said. “I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you. I wanted new experiences,” Fox News reports.
He also talked about his career transition from the king of rom-coms to Oscar contendor in Dallas Buyers Club. He explained he now understands how the world saw him: “Now I get it, Outdoors, shirtless on the beach, does a lot of rom-coms, girlfriend loves him, good-looking. It's like he rolls out of bed and shows up and makes it look easy.”
His friend, Woody Harrelson, called him a “divisive figure in Hollywood.”
“I have found myself defending him to people who don't really know him, who for some reason feel very antagonistically toward him. He's a good guy, he's great-looking, has a perfect body, his career's through the roof. People resented that, and the way they justified it is, He has never done a movie of substance. They can't say that anymore.”
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