I would recommend this book to just about anyone and everyone, McConaughey fan or not. Since he’s such a relatable guy (other than the millionaire and Oscar-winning actor part), you read this “memoir” of sorts, and can see yourself in his wild and carefree teenage years. This book made me laugh, think and reflect on my own past experiences. This is a book about catching greenlights and realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green.” As McConaughey puts it, “This is a book about how to catch more yes’s in a world of no’s and how to recognize when a no might actually be a yes. The main theme of the book revolves around the term “greenlights,” relating it to when to proceed and go on in life, when to be cautious or when to stop, as if hitting a yellow or red light. This book teaches many lessons from the ever-so-evolving brain of McConaughey. Using the secretary as his scene partner and an oversized spoon he found in the kitchen, he auditioned for the role… and got it. A thought then came to his head: “Why don’t I try out for the role of Vilmer?” writes McConaughey, before re-entering the building and telling the director he wanted to audition for the main role. Matthew gave a few names, then he walked out to the U-Haul which had all of his possessions packed before he went off to Hollywood to fully pursue acting. Before the shoot, McConaughey met with the director to give him a few names of people he believed would fit the main role of Vilmer Slaughter, the mechanical-legged killer. All he had to do was ride up on a motorcycle to Renée Zellweger a couple of times, and that was that. One of my favorite parts of the book is when McConaughey tells the reader about the audition process for “Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation”. These personal stories give you a glimpse into what drives the actor, along with what he’s experienced in his adventurous life. and auditioning for roles he wasn’t initially trying for, but received, are all in the book.
Stories about family fights, staying with a strange family in Australia, “RV’ing” across the U.S.
These journal entries are used for reflecting on past stories, pictures, poems or writings McConaughey wrote over the years, etc.įrom the start, the book is very… McConaughey: it’s authentic and true-to-self, just like the movie star.
Those entries are used all throughout the book, which is more of a memoir than anything else. This book reflects on the past fifty (at the time) years of his life, as he has journaled for thirty-five of those years.
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