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Good Words with Kirk Franklin

Matthew McConaughey

Good Words with Kirk Franklin

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Music, Religion & Spirituality

4.9946 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Kirk Franklin is joined by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey for a conversation about his colorful life and his new book Greenlights. Learn about Matthew's unique but loving upbringing, why his one goal has always been to be a dad, and life in Hollywood as a man of faith. Kirk and Matthew also discuss the issue of inequality, why Matthew likes to go on adventures some might consider dangerous, and why he believes gratitude reciprocates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I get to the set I'm on the mark I'm in wardrobe I haven't even looked at one line I've got all I know is the scenario

0:06.7

And all of a sudden I pick up a lady walks by said would you like to see some sides miss McConney that's a small version of the script.

0:12.6

I said, yeah.

0:14.0

And I guess I said, yeah, because I was getting a little nervous

0:16.3

about my plan of not prepared, right?

0:18.3

So I look at the script, I look at page one, page two,

0:22.4

page three, page 4. A 4 page monologue coming out of my character's mouth.

0:30.8

Ooh, in Spanish.

0:34.0

What?

0:35.0

Oh!

0:36.0

Brothers and sisters, my name is Kirk Franklin and I come to give you good words.

0:47.0

Let's go and I come to give you good words. Let's go.

0:58.7

I'm so happy to be joined by a fellow Texas boy. Listen y'all, this is you Baldee's finest.

1:05.0

Everybody knows where you Baldee is.

1:08.0

Don't y'all act new.

1:09.0

You've been there, you've got the mug.

1:11.0

Of course you probably know him, you know he's got one of those statues you know what I'm saying one of those

1:17.4

Let's see what they call them things they call them things I think they call it like an Oscar and I think that he is one of the most swaggiest white boys on the

1:25.4

planet you know what I'm saying he's got so much drip so much sauce even when you

1:30.6

see him behind the steering wheel in the Lincoln car commercial is like he's so

1:35.2

drippy look at him he's so ice cream cold y'all I mean you may even know him he may

1:40.3

even taught one of your classes at UT Austin.

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