Matthew McConaughey Considered Quitting Acting During 2-Year Hiatus from Hollywood: ‘It Was Scary’

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1. > “I’ve usually zigged when I felt like Hollywood wanted me to zag. When I had my rom-com years, there was only so much bandwidth I could give to those, and those were some solid hits for me,” he said. “But I wanted to try some other stuff.”

2. He mentioned he turned a big contract for a romantic comedy before he took a hiatus and after that all his offers were pulled back. He felt that was held against him.

3. All extremely relatable.

4. Say man, you gonna come back to acting?

   I don’t know, I’m considering quitting.

   It’d be a lot cooler if you did…

5. Funny being able to read all his quotes in his voice lol. Such a cool guy and one of kind for sure.

6. Can you imagine a world where Matthew McConaughey no longer had the platform to say inane motivational speaker garbage in a folksy accent. *Chilling*.

7. Can we finally get Interstellar 2 pls

8. Ooh he considered retiring with his millions and millions of dollars. Cool.

9. Book sales must be down

10. His sales force gig end?

11. We are so glad he is in Austin. He gets the culture and fits in beautifully.

12. Hmm nahh he needs the pay cheque

13. His wife won’t allow it

    Hermes

14. Oh sure oh sure oh sure

15. Didn’t he start acting because someone in Hollywood met him at a bar and liked how he spoke? Or am I thinking of another actor?