HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE HERE WITH OUR FRIEND MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY.
MATTHEW.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU ALSO HAVE A JOB NOW AS-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DESCRIBE OW--
FOR THE LONGHORNS.
>> IT'S THE ARENA.
MINISTER OF CULTURE.
>> Stephen: FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
WHAT IS THE MINISTER OF CULTURE?
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
MINISTER OF CULTURE, M.O.C.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS VERY HIGHFALUTIN.
>> S.R.O.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S S.R.O.?
>> STANDING ROOM ONLY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN THE ARENA.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE TRYING TO BUMP UP THE ENTHUSIASM.
>> WE'RE BUILDING AN ARENA DOWN THERE.
>> Stephen: TO BUILD THE ARENA.
>> TO BUILD A BRAND NEW ARENA THAT DOES NOT EXIST, WHERE THE
MEN AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY.
AND WE'LL ALSO HOST SOME OF THE GREATEST BANDS IN THE WORLD
THERE IN AUSTIN.
SO, REALLY, MY GOAL, MY PURPOSE AS THE MINISTER OF CULTURE IS TO
HAVE THATTA ARENA BE THE LAST PLACE ANY VISITING BASKETBALL
TEAM WANTS TO PLAY.
AND THE FIRST PLACE THAT ANY WORLD-CLASS LARGE BAND ACT DOES
WANT TO PLAY.
AND THAT GOES THROUGH ENGINEERING, THE CORE DESIGN,
AND ERGONOMICS OF THE ENTIRE JOINT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF YOU ON THE FLOOR WITH
PLAYERS AT A U.T. BASKETBALL GAME.
>> U.T.T.S HAVE VERSUS OKLAHOMA.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO THESE PEOPLE?
FIRST OF ALL, THAT SUIT.
>> HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT SUIT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
>> CUSTOM CUT.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
IS
YOU SEE THE COLORS, THREE-PIECE.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
NOT A LOT OF PLACES YOU CAN WEAR THAT.
>> OOOOH"P" BUT YOU CAN.
>> Stephen: MAYBE AT A PARTY IN KEY WEST.
>> IT'S VERY, VERY SHARP.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT ARE YOU YELLING AT THOSE GUYS?
>> WE CAN BEEP SOME OF THIS OUT, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> I BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING THERE IS, "COME ON, GUYS.
LET'S GET THIS (BLEEP) THING GOING."
IT WAS A VERY TIGHT GAME.
THE CROWD WAS GETTING INTO IT.
AND I SAW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE BENCH, THEY WERE SITTING
DOWN.
I WAS LIKE, "LET'S GET THE (BLEEP) THING GOING, MAN.
GET EVERYBODY UP."
AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WINNING BY THREE, 75-72.
75-72.
( APPLAUSE )
THAT WAS THE MINISTER OF CULTURE'S STATE OF THE UNION
SPEECH-- "GET THIS (BLEEP) THING GOING."
THAT I WOULD WATCH.
THAT'S SHORT.
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE PODIUM.
>> JUST THAT.
>> Stephen: AND OUT.
BOOM.
>> STANDING OVATION.
HEY, AMERICA, LET'S GET THIS (BLEEP) THING GOING.
>> Stephen: 2020.
McCONAUGHEY, 2020 RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW-- I KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS GO BY MATTHEW.
BUT DO YOUR BROTHERS CALL YOU MATT?
DO THEY HAVE A NICKNAME.
>> THEY DON'T CALL ME MATT.
NO ONE EVER CALLED ME MATT.
MOM WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT.
BUT THEY DID HAVE OTHER NICKNAMES.
>> Stephen: NICKNAMES.
>> YOU HAVE BROTHERS.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT SEVEN.
>> I TWO TWO OLDER.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT A CONTEST.
BUT I'M WINNING.
>> YOU'RE WAY UP.
OKAY.
BUT MY BROTHER, I DON'T KNOW-- THIS TERM I DON'T THINK IT'S
USED AS MUCH ANYMORE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TERM "JOB."
NOT FOR A WORD, OCCUPATION, BUT, LIKE,ING FOR NUMBER TWO.
I HAVE TO GO DO A JOB.
DO YOU HAVE TO GO NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO.
DO YOU HAVE TO PEA OR DO A JOB?
>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S A TEXAS THING?
>> IT'S MORE THAN A TEXAS THING.
IT'S MORE THAN A TEXAS THING.
>> Stephen: NOT FAMILIAR.
>> "I GOTTA DO THE JOB."
>> Stephen: I KNOW I HAVE TO SEE A MAN ABOUT A MULE.
>> ANYWAY, "I HAVE TO DO A JOB," A PSEUDONYM FOR NUMBER TWO.
MY BROTHER WOULD ALWAYS CALL ME, "HEY, JOB."
AND I WOULD GET MAD BUT HE WAS MY OLDER BROTHER AND I'D BE AT
THE OTHER END OF THE HOUSE AND I'D HEAR, HE'D GO, "MATTHEW,
MATTHEW!
COME HERE?
>> YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS."
ONE I'M HAPPY HE'S CALLING ME BY MY FIRST NAME.
I'D RUN TO THE END OF THE HOUSE AND SHOW UP AND HE'D BE STANDING
THERE IN THE BATHROOM OVER THE TOILET AND SAY, "LOOK AT THAT."
AND I'D LIKE IN THERE.
AND HE HAD JUST DONE NUMBER TWO.
AND HE'D REACH OVER AND FLUSH IT AND GO, "THERE YOU GO."
>> Stephen: MATTHEW, ON THAT HIGH NOTE,
"SERENITY" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK