"
I'm not ... until I am
": fagot of "made in Hollywood" romantic comedies turned Oscar-winning and respected actor, the elusive Matthew McConaughey may well run for governor of Texas , as a megaphone of the "outlaws".
"
It's a possible path
," assured the actor in an interview with AFP from his home in Austin.
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The release of his autobiography
Greenlights
(Seuil) in France, engages him to lend himself to a media exercise that he likes.
Which is good given the many lives he seems to have lived, at age 52, before perhaps leading a new, political one, at the antipodes of his artistic career.
McConaughey describes himself as "
aggressively centrist
".
“
Not because it is the place of the great compromise, but because it is the place where it is necessary to be in relation to the left and the right.
It is a daring niche, that of the outlaws.
"
Outlaw, the actor, who plays an endearing in
Mud
, really was when the police arrested him for disturbing the peace and possession of drugs, while playing the bongo, naked. One of the delicious anecdotes swarming in his book, where we also learn, that at the height of his glory, he momentarily fled Los Angeles to hike in the Amazon under ecstasy. McConaughey has never hesitated to think outside the box. Even if it means putting his career in danger when in 2008, the star of
How to get dumped in 10 lessons
said stop to these romantic comedies which "
emasculated him
".
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"
How to be useful?
"
“
I wanted to get out.
These films are made to be light, with Saturday afternoon characters.
With my wife Camilla, we had just had our first child.
My dream was to be a father.
My life was taking on a deep meaning.
My Saturday afternoons were turning into Monday mornings,
”he explains.
McConaughey then wants to impose himself in dramatic films and his determination is unwavering.
“
I stuck to it, knowing full well that the industry was like, 'what the hell is it doing?'
I made a hell of a bet.
"
For almost two years, it no longer turns. “
I was starting to think I had made a one-way ticket out of Hollywood. My agent told me every week, “your name is no longer circulating”
”. The return is spectacular with
Magic Mike
in which he can finally ironize his plastic and the few memorable minutes in
The Wolf of Wall Street.
Not to mention an Oscar-winning performance for the
Dallas Buyers Club
evoking AIDS and impressive roles in
Interstellar
or the
True Detective
series
.
The actor is now taken seriously. But, never where you expect it to be. The one who is the pride of the city of Austin, Texas, could this time land a new role in the political life of his state. “
This is something to which I attach great importance,
” insists the one whose Just Keep Livin foundation helps high school students in difficulty. “
Where, how can I be most useful? I am not afraid to take risks. But I really need to answer this question,
”explains McConaughey, who until December 13 can apply.
A prospect that packs some left circles, at odds with the current Republican governor Greg Abbott, whose very restrictive law against abortion is being challenged in the Supreme Court of the United States.
A recent University of Texas poll suggests the actor would fare better against Abbott than his potential Democratic opponent, Beto O'Rourke.
Assaulted at 18
"
More than politics, I became interested in justice at a younger age
", underlines the one who reveals in
Greenlights
, a literary object mixing memories and philosophy of life, to have been sexually assaulted at 18, by a man, while he was "
Unconscious in the back of a van
". “
I speak about it briefly, on purpose. If I had told the whole story, it would have made the headlines. I did not victimize myself in relation to that,
”he emphasizes.
McConaughey doesn't like to watch his films again. But
Génération rebelle
which revealed it in 1993 is the one which makes it the most proud, because "
if I did not know what I was doing, I had instincts which were right
". His character of Wooderson became cult thanks to the soliloquy: "
Alright, alright, alright
". “
It's a little mysterious, because I'm off-screen when I say that. But it made him cool. I try to find musicality in each of my characters. The same goes for the pats on the chest (while humming) in
The Wolf of Wall Street
. I was doing relaxation before the take. Leonardo DiCaprio told me “what if you do that in the scene?”. Martin Scorsese was happy.
"
On set, McConaughey feels "
free, like I'm on my favorite desert island
."
But as soon as it is over, "
it's the great void
".
“
I still get the flu right after that.
It is very emotionally trying.
My relatives know that I will be fragile.
Then slowly I get up.
"
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