He did talk about when he became famous and got a room at the Chateau Marmont for a year, how he partied all the time and “Took a lot of showers, in daylight hours. We didn’t get anything about his past relationships with famous leading ladies (those would include Ashley Judd, Penelope Cruz, and Sandra Bullock).
There’s a crazy story about him being a foreign exchange student in Australia, where he lived with a family that was insane.
He brought along his dog, and told a few stories about the water holes he’d visit along the way. He’d pick them up, talk about what project they wanted him for, while they drove to the next city. It was interesting to think that McConaughey could take a three year break from acting to RV across America, and if filmmakers wanted to meet with him, he’d pull up to the airport. When the dad came to, he rubbed his head saying, “That’s my boy!” His older brother had to knock the dad out with a 2×4 because he was being beat to a pulp by a drunken dad. The dad also broke his wife’s finger when she pointed it in his face, and beat up Matthew’s brother after he refused to steal pipe from his biggest client (the dad was jealous the son was having more success at the oil company they both worked for). He thinks his dad was just tough with the spanking and discipline, but…this is a guy who whipped him until his butt was bleeding (when he was 4-years-old). He also doesn’t realize that his dad was scum. He looks back at it all as if it was funny but isn’t that sexual harassment? Now, when he was this handsome guy in high school, it was a bit disturbing to read about how clever he thought he was taking a bullhorn in the parking lot in his truck, and making comments to girls as they walked to school (“Looking good in those jeans, Sally.”). And as he says throughout the book, you got to catch those “greenlights in life” and not let the yellow and red lights slow you down (which is a helluva lot easier if you are voted “most handsome”). He was in a bar getting drunk with a filmmaker doing Dazed & Confused, who offered him a small role. He was voted “Most Handsome” at his high school, and was in the right place at the right time. It kind of makes you wish you studied drama in high school, huh? Now I can see a struggling actor reading this memoir and being bitter, as it wasn’t like he struggled before making it big, but so what? He was a smart guy, getting great grades in law school. One of his early films, maybe his second or third, he had a few weeks of shooting and made $48,000. That’s always an interesting topic that most celebs don’t share. I especially like the fact that he talked about the money he made for certain films. But the dude has some interesting stories.
#MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY MEMOIR CRACKED#
That crazy beating of the chest, while chanting, that he was teaching DiCaprio’s character? That was something he was doing before the scene was to begin shooting, and it cracked up Leo so much he told him he should do that in the scene, too. A perfect example is when he talks about the small part he was supposed to play in The Wolf of Wall Street. Remember when we all heard the story on the news of McConaughey getting arrested, because he was playing the bongos stoned and naked in his house at 2:45 a.m.? Well, he’s like that 24/7. I just finished Matthew McConaughey’s memoir “Greenlights” and…well…I think I should have been smoking something green, instead of one of my Ashton cigars. And if I can’t go to the theatres and see movies, or concerts or comedians, why not get books by the people who create that art? I enjoyed Steve Martin’s latest, as well as Peter Frampton’s memoir. I like to go onto the patio and smoke a cigar and read.
#MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY MEMOIR MOVIE#
Maybe it’s being locked up for quarantine, and movie theatres being shut down. I’ve been buying a bunch of books lately. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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