“I had long talks with my wife about needing to find a new vocation.”
Ive usually zigged when I felt like Hollywood wanted me to zag, McConaughey explained.
But I wanted to try some other stuff.
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Of course I wasnt getting it, so I had to leave Hollywood for two years.
He admitted that the two-year pause was scary.
Fortunately, he hadwife Camila by his sideas he mulled alternative career paths.
“I had long talks with my wife about needing to find a new vocation, McConaughey recalled.
I think Im going to teach high school classes.
I think Im going to study to be a conductor.
I think Im going to go be a wildlife guide.
I honestly thought, I stepped out of Hollywood.
I got out of my lane.
But Hollywood wasnt having it.
The days are longthe sense of insignificance, he continued.
Powells career is taking a similar path.
TheTwistersstar recalled apiece of advice McConaughey once gave himabout the importance of unplugging from Hollywood.
Both men have reconnected with what matters back home in Texas.
you’re able to really be an honest observer of humans in Texas, McConaughey mused.
Its tough to do that in Hollywood, because everyones a voyeur.
