Even though he is a well recognized actor with a long list of achievements in the entertainment world, Matthew McConaughey’s path to the top wasn’t always easy.
The 54-year-old is well-known for his outstanding performances in movies like Interstellar, Dallas Buyers Club, and A Time to Kill.
The public has also grown to love him because of his endearing demeanor and genuine charm.However, it appears that he briefly considered giving up acting completely.
The actor recently spoke with Interview Magazine and disclosed that he had considered retiring at one point.
‘I’ve usually zigged when I felt like Hollywood wanted me to zag,’ McConaughey said in an explanation.
There was only so much bandwidth I could devote to those during my rom-com years, even though they were some of my best favorites.
But I was itching to try some different things. Naturally, I wasn’t getting it, so I had to spend two years away from Hollywood.
The two-year absence gave him a fresh outlook, and it was during this period that the legendary actor entertained the idea of leaving Hollywood to pursue a completely other career.
It was scary, dude. I discussed the necessity to find a new career for a long time with my wife,” he disclosed.
‘I believe I will be a high school teacher. I believe I will pursue a career in conducting. I believe I will become a wildlife guide.
Sincerely, I believed that I had left Hollywood behind. I left the lane that Hollywood had advised me to stay in, and they were like, ‘Well, f**k you, dude.’
It was best if you had kept in your lane. Afterwards. He continued, “It was frightful. The days are long, and there’s a feeling of futility.
However, I decided it was what I had to do and that I wasn’t going to draw the parachute and end my quest.
‘For me, thinking back to A Time to Kill, the Thursday before that movie opened, there were 100 scripts out there that I would have done, and 99 of them I could not book,’
he remarked, recalling his early success in a large studio picture and subsequent rise to fame. “In only one weekend, 99 no’s turned into 99 yeses.
‘I thought, ‘What?’’ I would have done any of these three days ago! You now ask, ‘Which one do you want to do?’
It was an extremely shocking event. I packed a backpack and traveled to Peru for three weeks in order to simply listen to my own thoughts.