{"id":2272874,"date":"2024-06-20T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matthew-mcconaughey-says-he-considered-quitting-hollywood-to-teach\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T17:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:58:32","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-says-he-considered-quitting-hollywood-to-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matthew-mcconaughey-says-he-considered-quitting-hollywood-to-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Thought About Leaving Hollywood to Become a Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatthew-mcconaughey-says-he-considered-quitting-hollywood-to-teach%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Matthew\u2063 McConaughey\u2064 revealed in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">interview<\/a> with \u200bGlen\u2062 Powell for \u2064Interview \u2064magazine \u200cthat, \u200cduring a\u200c phase \u2064when he was only landing \u2063romantic comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">roles<\/a>, he seriously considered leaving\u2063 Hollywood and trying different careers like teaching or becoming\u200c a wildlife guide. The actor, known for his roles in &#8220;The Wedding Planner&#8221; and \u200b&#8221;How to Lose a Guy\u2062 in 10 Days,&#8221; expressed that the limited scope of roles offered to him led him \u200dto \u2064step away from the film \u200cindustry for two \u2064years. McConaughey\u2063 described this period as frightening and discussed it \u2063with his wife, contemplating significant career \u2062changes. Eventually, he realized that taking a break was necessary to diversify\u200b his\u2062 roles and allow Hollywood to miss him, which he saw as beneficial\u200c in hindsight.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matthew-mcconaughey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew McConaughey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  admitted he considered quitting Hollywood altogether \u2014 and finding another vocation like teaching \u2014 during a time in his career when he was only getting romantic comedy roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking to actor Glen Powell for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/film\/glen-powell-and-matthew-mcconaughey-tell-the-truth-about-movie-stardom\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interview magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the 54-year-old actor said he left Hollywood for two years to figure out what he wanted to do when he only seemed able to get roles in movies like the \u201cWedding Planner\u201d and \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve usually zigged when I felt like Hollywood wanted me to zag,\u201d McConaughey said. \u201cWhen I had my rom-com years, there was only so much bandwidth I could give to those, and those were some solid hits for me. But I wanted to try some other stuff. Of course, I wasn\u2019t getting it, so I had to leave Hollywood for two years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDude it was scary. I had long talks with my wife about needing to find a new vocation,\u201d he added.\u201d\u2018I think I\u2019m going to teach high school classes. I think I\u2019m going to study to be a conductor. I think I\u2019m going to go be a wildlife guide.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hollywood\u2019s latest leading man <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glenpowell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@glenpowell<\/a> joins fellow Texas boy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConaughey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@McConaughey<\/a> to discuss the secrets behind movie stardom for our summer issue \ud83c\udfac<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nzvRjOHH33\">https:\/\/t.co\/nzvRjOHH33<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MybpAgSQ4f\">pic.twitter.com\/MybpAgSQ4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Interview Magazine (@InterviewMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InterviewMag\/status\/1803065404715110424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Gentlemen\u201d star said leaving was scary but looking back he can see that the departure was necessary to make Hollywood miss him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t know about you, but for me, going back to \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/samuel-l-jackson-says-scenes-cut-from-a-time-to-kill-cost-him-oscar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Time to Kill,<\/span><\/a>\u2018 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">after I first had a big success in a major studio picture and became famous, I remembered that the Thursday before that movie opened, there\u2019s 100 scripts out there that I would\u2019ve done, and 99 of them I could not book,\u201d McConaughey said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOver that one weekend, 99 noes became 99 yeses. I was like, \u2018What? Three days ago, I\u2019d have done any of these! And now you\u2019re asking me which one I want to do?\u2019 he added. \u201cIt was a hell of a shocking thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After his last rom-com in the 2009 \u201cGhosts of Girlfriends Past,\u201d he started getting more serious roles like \u201cThe Lincoln Lawyer\u201d in 2011 and won his first Oscar in 2014 for his part in the \u201cDallas Buyers Club.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Powell, the \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d star recently talked about moving out of the \u201cfishbowl\u201d to be closer to his family because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he\u2019s gotten to \u201cthis point in Hollywood\u201d that he can leave, saying it\u2019s like he\u2019s \u201cearned the ability to go back\u201d to his family and home in Texas, as previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-gun-star-explains-why-hes-moving-away-from-hollywood-after-15-years\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McConaughey, who lives in Texas with his wife Camila and their three kids, told Powell he could relate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnce I felt like I was in Hollywood, I felt comfortable enough to go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-news-coming-out-of-pennsylvania-trump-tweets-very-big-illegal-ballot-drop\/\" title=\"\u201cBig News Coming Out Of Pennsylvania\u201d- Trump Tweets: \u201cVery Big Illegal Ballot Drop\u201d\">back home<\/a>,\u201d the actor said. \u201cYou can really be an honest observer of humans in Texas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough to do that in Hollywood, because everyone\u2019s a voyeur,\u201d he added. \u201cInstead of going someplace to eat, a lot of Hollywood\u2019s going to that place to see who\u2019s coming to that place to eat.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew McConaughey contemplated leaving Hollywood to pursue teaching, frustrated by being typecast in romantic comedies. 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