Matthew McConaughey

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, and professor of film, known for his captivating leading roles and versatility. He has appeared in more than 40 feature films, beginning with his breakout role in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, that have grossed over $1 billion. While he is most popular for his roles in films including Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, Free State of Jones, and the HBO television series True Detective, McConaughey is also the author of Greenlights, his life-changing, #1 New York Times Bestselling memoir that provides an intimate look at his life, career, and personal philosophies. The book has inspired millions of readers through the actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction–and it’s now available in paperback and with exclusive new content. Beyond writing and film, McConaughey, alongside his wife, Camila, founded the Just Keep Livin’ Foundation, a nonprofit organization that empowers high school students to make healthy choices by implementing after school fitness programs across 19 cities in the United States. From November 16-17, McConaughey will be headlining the 2024 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas. Joined by authors including Malcolm Gladwell, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Ernest Cline, he will showcase his memoir and celebrate the culture of literacy, ideas, and imagination with readers. ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Athletic Nicotine https://www.athleticnicotine.com/tetra ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA25' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

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0:00.0	Tetragrammaton.
0:05.0	When I first started, I had the instincts for it, but I didn't really know what I was doing.
0:28.6	In a way, I did know what I was doing, but I didn't, I couldn't explain it.
0:33.6	I didn't know what my rights were.
0:35.6	I didn't know what to, how to stand up for my man, as I called it,
0:40.9	like I do now. I never went to acting school and I never had anyone's sort of teacher coach me until about
0:51.2	1998, which was about six years after I'd started.
0:55.0	And I met with this woman who's been one of the great mentors of my life, Penny Allen.
1:00.0	She's the late Penny Allen, she's moved on now.
1:02.0	And she taught, started teaching me my rights.
1:04.0	She taught me how to break down a script, how to go, where's the character coming from in this scene,
1:08.0	where's the character going? What's the need?
1:12.6	What's the obstacle?
1:13.6	What's the event?
1:17.5	All those things that are classic acting questions that an actor needs to know.
1:25.4	And I had about two years of a very clumsy time in acting.
1:27.3	Because, you know, when you just have the instincts or something,
1:30.3	then all of a sudden you're going to go learn the knowledge, you get conscious.
1:31.3	It's confusing.
1:32.3	Oh, I was conscious of, and it was sublimating for my instincts.
1:36.3	But I stuck with it.
1:38.3	And after about two years, you know, you learn something.
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