Matthew McConaughey has opened up about the initiation process stars have to go through to make it big in Hollywood.
Making a name for yourself as a Hollywood star is no easy process, and while reality fame can be pretty achievable, making it to the A-list is far harder work.
Even those with outstanding talent can struggle to make it, with a lot of it being down to being in the right place at the right time or knowing the right people.
Now, Matthew has opened up about the initiation process young stars all have to go through after having experienced it himself when he was first starting out.
Speaking to People, he addressed his journey to becoming one of Hollywood's most famous stars after 30 years in showbusiness.
He told the outlet: "I, like anyone, have had my ups and downs. My star meter has been higher, my star meter has been lower. I’ve won Oscars. I’ve been arrested playing the bongos naked.
"Overall, I believe there’s been inherent goodwill for me, but it did not keep me from figuring out my own initiation into the industry."
The 54-year-old star opened up about the "initiation process" involved, explaining: "There’s a lot of things you learn 10 years after being in Hollywood and you go, 'Well, why didn’t they tell me that in year two?'
"Because there’s an initiation process. There just is. You can get tips, but you’ve got to figure out the BS, cut the wheat from the chaff along the way."
Despite having to figure things out the hard way, Matthew wouldn't change anything if he were able to give his younger self some help, knowing what he knows now.
He explained: "Oh, I wouldn’t tell him. I’d let him figure it out the same way I did. Take feeder roads off the highway. Get confused, get frustrated, feel lost, and overcome it."
Well, it did work out pretty well for him in the end.
Matthew also addressed the fact that people regularly quote "Alright, alright, alright" at him to this day, despite that being from his first big role in 1993's Dazed and Confused.
He admitted: "I had no idea that that line would precede me for the rest of my life, and people ask me all the time, 'Are you tired of that preceding you?' And I’m like, 'Hell, no!' That [came] out of my mouth in a scene that I was never supposed to be in, that was never written.
"Every time I hear it, I’m like, 'That was the first three words you said ever on film 30-something years ago.' I take it as a compliment."
And while he has a lot to be proud of professionally, Matthew revealed that his greatest accomplishment has been raising his three children, sons Levi, 15, and Livingston, 11, and daughter Vida, 14, with wife Camila Alves, who he has been married to since 2012.
The Texas-born star told the outlet he "can’t think of anything more important" than being a father, adding: "Having children, I know, has made me a better artist and a better actor.
"Kids see things for the first time all the time. Their questions are innocent. I’ve become a better storyteller because I have kids."
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