Our very first guest is a very talented actor--
I'm a huge fan-- who became a best selling
author with his new memoir, Greenlights,
which I have read and bought for everyone that I know,
I really have.
Please welcome Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey.
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Woo!
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You look great!
We are so pumped that you're here.
We're going to get your book, because I love this book,
in just a minute.
But I want to thank you because I've never had the chance
to publicly thank you.
First of all, thank you for mentioning me in the book,
but for being in the video for Walkaway Joe.
It's been almost 25--
30 years ago, now!
30s, over 30 years and we're finally--
yeah.
Finally, so.
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Yes, I remember this very well.
I mean, I always tell everybody that, you are--
this is one of your first things that you did,
and that I basically gave you a career,
and now you're way more famous than me.
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Do you have any memory of doing that?
Because we were not in the same place.
You were in Austin and I was in Nashville.
Yeah, I remember I was wearing a pager at the time,
because I remember I was in school at University of Texas.
Any time that pager would go off and they'd say,
can you get to San Antonio and audition for this beer
commercial or this music video?
I'd, bam, out of class.
I'm out of here, trying it out.
Well I was about 0 for 18, and then I
got a, I got the pager come on to come try out for this video,
and I got that one.
And then I remember it was, we spent a day.
They used to tell stories in the videos much different
than they do now.
It was a little story, the Walkaway Joe, they meet,
it's a great day, they go swimming, they hang out,
they run hand-in-hand, they end up back at a motel--
not a hotel--
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--everything went well and all of a sudden,
old Walkaway Joe just slips on out the door.
He's the wrong kind of [INAUDIBLE]..
[LAUGHING]
I feel like we should do this video again, maybe,
at some point.
It's so good.
I got to ask you, because you got a full house, that's
right down my alley.
Now, you have-- your mom is 89 and living with you?
Yes, 89.
We grabbed her about 14 months ago,
soon as the pandemic came on.
Amen.
Pulled her out of her community.
She's been with us, now--
you know how it was for the last 14 months.
The hardest part's been like, how do you make a long term
plan for anything?
How do you get more than one in a row of anything?
So we thought she'd be there a month,
we thought she'd be there three months,
then six months turned to a year and she's still there.
Figured out the secret, though.
Because sometimes I have three children,
and now having mom, who's 89, sometimes there's
four children.
But, secret to a happy home with her, and it
is, as long as she's got a book to read
and a cold glass of Kendall Jackson chardonnay at 5:30,
it's easy.
I love your mom.
We are friends.
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Well, of all the things--
Yep, there she is.
Now, I'm telling you, you run out of a book for her to read,
you're in trouble.
You run out of that wine, it's hell.
I mean, honey, can you-- can you relate to that at all?
I can't, I don't even--
I don't have a clue.
And you're not 89 yet, it's pretty amazing.
But I tell you, man, of all the things
you've done, of all the scary things you've
tried and tempted, I hear you're about to have
a teenager in the house.
Good luck with that one, Hoss.
That's what I hear, too.
I'm buckling up, putting on-- strapping
on that saddle nice and tight for the rodeo ride.
Yeah, so far I got a 12, 11, and an 8,
and that's presented its normal challenges
as any parent would have.
But across the board, any parents who have had teenagers,
they're like, oh, get ready.
[LAUGHING]
Get ready.
So here we go.
Yeah, we're about to find out.
Amen, man.
God has a wicked sense of humor.
He's going to, he's going to send you you at that age,
you know.
Oo-ee.
I have to ask you about cooking, because that's
my other thing that I do.
And I was so intrigued by something
your family does on Sundays that we are going to try,
but you got to tell me about it.
Mash up or, what's it called?
Mashido.
Tell us about it.
It's Portuguese.
We picked up the habit from Camila's mom,
and Camila's mom lived with us years ago.
Every Sunday she goes, everybody, mashido.
Means you go to the fridge, and you open it m and every left
over in there, get 'em out.
Everything.
And then you lay them out on the big kitchen table
and you say, OK, what, how-- what combines with what?
What can we put together to make tonight's feast,
and it's got to be based on only leftovers.
So you gotta get pretty doggone creative
to figure out what salt's is going to go with savory,
and sweet is going to go with this or that and the other.
It's sort of a tuna fish salad on heavy-- heavyweight version,
where you got to deal with everything in there.
And, but it's going to be different every single time.
That's cool.
I love that.
You're like, what's a leftover, right?
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Hey man, congrats on your book, Greenlights.
It's been on the New York bestseller since October,
I can't even believe that's possible.
Congratulations on that, man.
And I do want to say, I do want to say, Matt,
because I know you do, you do interviews and people go,
oh, here's your book and it's great.
I, someone gave me the book and then
I bought another copy for a friend of mine,
because it's not just your life story, it's life lessons.
And it really spoke to me, and I've recommended it.
It's so readable and so relatable, just,
really, congrats.
I mean I really recommend it.
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I hoped it'd be something that somebody wanted to,
wanted to read.
Something, something that's, I mean--
a book, piece of art that somebody
could get something out of.
And the coolest compliment that I've
heard from people who like it is, they go,
look I saw my life in your life.
I saw my stories in your stories.
And you all know that as songwriters, you know?
You put out a song, someone gets a hold of-- they're
seeing themself in that subject.
And, well, that's when art is really cool because it
translates, and it picks up.
You know, I can talk about the sa-- you and I can talk
about the same subject that I've talked about with 100
other people about the book, but it
will be our original conversation every time.
Right.
And that's really been fun.
It's really cool.
It's really good.
I want to talk to you, like, all day,
so we're going to do this some more.
Can we keep talking to him after?
Yeah, let's do it.
Can we do that?
Are we allowed?
OK.
More with Matthew after this.
We're back with the best selling author Matthew McConaughey.
[INAUDIBLE] what's that?
What is that?
That sounds so cool.
It's so cool that you just said that.
Like, we're best friends now, right, Matthew?
This is how it is.
You were, you talk about the first time-- in the book,
you talk about the first time you saw your wife.
And, which is so wonderful-- we've
been married for 15 years, this is the love of my life.
And you said she was floating on air,
and I was just wondering if she has ever
told you what her first impression of you was.
Ooh.
Yes, she has.
So before I saw her she, evidently, on the same night,
in the same club, saw me.
She said, I was standing behind--
I was trying to get a simple drink at a bar.
And I was, there was one guy in front of me,
and he had on this rasta hat, and this long, blonde, curly
hair in the back.
He had on shorts, a t-shirt, was wearing flip-flops in the club.
But at this moment he was in the middle
of a 13 minute, very specific, detail oriented recipe
to the bartender, the exact Margarita that he wanted.
And she said, I was standing by the guy, looking at this guy,
going, what is?
Gee, not only did I pick the wrong line,
or get behind the wrong person, but what
the hell is this guy doing?
I mean, this is taking forever.
He's very particular about margaritas.
Well, that turned out to be me.
So, I think something about being in the club,
having the rasta hat and having the flip-flops,
being that specific about a Margarita, at least
made her say, well, this guy might be interesting.
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I, I would describe you as optimistic and upbeat,
actually.
But, I've got to tell you, I know
I'm probably the lone guy here.
I can't let you get away without talking about, what's
this thing about--
would you really ever consider getting into politics?
Because we need somebody with the courage of you,
just to speak how you feel.
Sorry, that's just me.
I'm voting for you.
Well, I'll tell you this.
You know, I've been asked that question a lot lately,
and my answer is the same.
It's something I'm trying to look in the eye
and give honest consideration.
What an awesome privilege, awesome responsibility,
awesome position of sacrifice and service--
something to consider.
I've got a new chapter coming up in my life.
What is my category to?
I think I've got some gifts as a leader,
I've got some gifts as a learner, and a listener,
and a teacher.
What's my category, though?
Where am I most useful?
To the most amount of people and to myself and my family?
'Member, I got those three kids about to be teenagers.
You said that's going to take a whole lot of work
for me, right?
Sure does.
You know?
So I've got-- I'm asking myself these questions.
And it may be I'm more useful as a free agent,
in another position.
Maybe I'm very useful in the position you're talking about.
I'm really working on that, and going, and doing some
under the hood, 360 work inside of me
and measuring what my next step should be.
Well, from reading your book, I mean,
you're honest with yourself.
And you're very much, you tell it like it is,
and you're rational, and I'm a fan.
So, however you decide to use that voice, I mean,
we're for it.
This book, Greenlights, is available everywhere,
unless I bought them all.
I just can't thank you enough, Matthew.
This is a dream come true for me.
And we got to get together some of these days
and we'll cook it, we'll cook a meal together, and just
thank you for being who you are.
We love you.
America loves you.
Absolutely.
Yeah, let's make it less than 31 years next time.
Yes, sir.
Thanks, Matthew.
We'll do the next video.
Look forward to it.
Appreciate y'all.
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