Matthew McConaughey reveals why he left Hollywood at height of his acting career

"Look, man, the devil's in the infinite yeses, not the nos. No becomes more important than yes, especially if you have some level of success and access."

"I mean, we all look around and see we've over-leveraged our life with yeses and go, 'Geez, oh, man, I'm making C minuses and all that s-t in my life because I said yes to too many things.'"

"That was my lane, and I liked that lane. That lane paid well and it was working. But the lane was... I was so strong in that lane that anything outside of that lane, dramas and stuff that I wanted to do, were like, 'No, no, no, no, no McConaughey.'"

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