It wasn’t easy getting his name spelled correctly. I didn’t even believe the correct spelling Google provided at first. Matthew McConaughey was interviewed by Howard Stern the other day, and I enjoyed it very much. As with all of Howard Stern’s interviews, he went in-depth and asked all of the questions others never would, giving some very interesting insight into Matthew’s life and upbringing.

One thing I never knew was that the movie “A Time to Kill” was McConaughey’s “breakout” movie – the one that made him a star overnight, and skyrocketed him into his acting career. I vaguely remembered the title of this movie, and after reading the synopsis and seeing the all-star cast, I was shocked I remembered nothing about the movie, but I knew I had to have seen it years ago. It was released in 1996, 24 years ago. I had to watch it again, so last night I did just that.

I tried to walk the dogs after supper and it started raining, so we came right back after getting to the driveway. The dogs were a little disappointed, but they’re also afraid of the rain. I took advantage of that extra time, knowing “A Time to Kill” was a long movie, and settled in to watch it. Sandy had other things to do, so I watched it with the puppies.

The movie was awesome, as expected, and was even very relevant to today’s society. It had a lot of racial tension, the KKK, and white supremacy throughout, including a racial riot during the main trial, not unlike today’s issues. It’s sad that this is still an issue after so many years. Things have only progressed a tiny bit, and it seems we’ve even devolved most recently, taking several steps backwards.

Anyway, that’s not the subject of this post, it’s Matthew McConaughey. But that’s an excellent movie, you should definitely watch it if you haven’t, or watch it again if you don’t remember much of it. It’s worth it.

I also bought “Greenlights”, a new book that just came out, by – go figure – Matthew McConaughey. The book release is probably the main reason he was on Howard Stern, but I don’t care. The interview was fascinating enough to me to warrant spending one of my precious audiobook credits to read his book. The audiobook is already read by Matthew McConaughey, which is another plus. There’s something different about a book when it’s read by its author–there are no mispronounced words or misinterpreted things at all–it’s very authentic to how it was intended to be read. There’s also something better about an audiobook read by a good actor–he can act out all of the parts very well, especially if he’s recalling actual experiences from his life.

I’m only about 30 minutes in though–I started the book on the way to work this morning–and it’s really good. Not quite a “memoir”, but more of just interesting events and turning points that occurred in Matthew McConaughey’s life that all led to his current place in the world–all of the “Greenlights”, as he calls them.

Next I think I’ll re-watch my favorite Matthew McConaughey movie–“Interstellar”.