Matthew McConaughey Net Worth

Matthew McConaughey's Quotes

• [on career philosophy] Be the lean horse for the long ride. I figure I am in the third round of a 15 round fight.
• [on himself] My best quality is that I'm a big hearted person. I'm resilient, too. My worst quality is selfishness, although everyone is guilty of that to an extent. Everyone should be, I think -- you need to respect yourself.
• Traveling is a great love of mine. I love South America and Africa. I'm your ultimate backpacker when I'm away. It's just me and my backpack. It's good for getting away from the industry.
• (on how he got started in acting) I was about 21 when I started. I dropped out of law school to go to film school -- the idea of practicing law for my whole life seemed a little boring. I was doing more directing stuff to start with, until a student mate asked me to be in his film Dazed and Confused (1993). A professional guy named Don Phillips spotted me and the rest is history.
• (on Hollywood) I love it. It's silly to say that it is a world of false and stupid people. Sure there are witches and swindlers, but you can meet there many creative, talented and generous persons too. Hollywood is a pleasant place, when you are hip to the game and you enjoy it for what it is really.

Interesting Facts about Matthew McConaughey

1. His mother, Mary Kathleen "Kay" McCabe, is a schoolteacher.
2. He lived for a year in Warnervale, New South Wales, Australia, as a 1988 Rotary exchange student in 1988, returning with an adopted Australian accent which remained with him for awhile after returning to the United States.
3. Attended the University of Texas at Austin, College of Communication, where he majored in film, receiving his Bachelor's degree in Radio-Television-Film (1993).
4. Attended and graduated from Longview High School in Longview, Texas in 1988.
5. Arrested in Austin, Texas for "resisting transportation" after first being under suspicion for marijuana possession. [October 1999]
6. Police responded to a disturbance call at Matthew's home in Austin, Texas in October 1999. When they arrived, the music was blaring and Matthew was playing bongo drums in the nude. He was with an unknown man and police attempted to arrest both of them after spotting illegal drugs. Matthew resisted arrest.
7. Was for some time strongly considered to play Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), until Leonardo DiCaprio decided to accept the role.
8. Travelled around Peru after filming A Time to Kill (1996).
9. Voted "Most Handsome" in his senior year of high school.
10. Member of Delta Tau Delta, international college fraternity.
11. He owns a 1,600-acre ranch in west Texas, which he purchased for $500,000.
12. His father, James Donald McConaughey, died of a heart attack in August 1992. He once played football for the Green Bay Packers.
13. His first professional acting job was in a beer commercial.
14. Is a huge fan of John Mellencamp's music. Was seen wearing a T-shirt from Mellencamp's "Whenever We Wanted" tour in A Time to Kill (1996).
15. McConaughey was on the sidelines with the Texas Longhorns football team during the 2006 Rose Bowl, when the Longhorns beat the USC Trojans 41-38.
16. Was accompanied by Penélope Cruz to the Grammy Awards in 2005. The couple met on the set of Sahara (2005).
17. Served as the Grand Marshall for the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida. [February 2005]
18. He traveled around the United States for a month in his personal Airsteam trailer promoting his movie Sahara (2005).
19. During a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Leno surprised him with an old airline training tape he had acted in. McConaughey had no memory of being in the video.
20. His ancestry includes Irish, as well as English, German, Scottish and Swedish. On his father's side, he is related to Confederate Brigadier General Dandridge McRae, who was born in Baldwin County, Alabama. One of Matthew's paternal great-grandfathers, Robert Smith Maitland, was a Scottish emigrant, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland; and one of Matthew's maternal great-grandmothers, Adele Selma Pack, was a German emigrant, born in Elberfeld, Westphalia, Prussia, German Empire. The surname McConaughey is also of Scottish origin.