Joe Rogan Experience #1552 — Matthew McConaughey Transcript

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0:00 the joe rogan experience train by day joe rogan podcast by night all day it's got four filters from the raw expression. You know, that's the direct. It's live. The big show is always recording sort of ultimate goal. And I'd been writing for 36 years, so I had a lot of content to go through Why do I have all these pimples on my face? And that proved to be true. You know, so many times we dissect failure and hardships,

3:15 you wake up in the morning. Really just sit there and take a little time. Read a little something What were the other things? it's like, oh, I'm taking things too seriously. What you're saying, what it sounds like is like you almost like self-medicated And you seem to have figured that out on your own? That's a big stress reliever for me. I think I learned it on my own. I've always been a list

5:55 just so it's more to mark off the list. to do like exercise and writing i do that with things, but it seems like you're very meticulous with this. Yeah, I go through hot streaks and cold streaks on it. and you're so busy, oh, there they are in front of you. You had adrenaline rushes. But if you can just get that physical need taken care of, you're way better at handling life.

8:45 It's just we need to hear it from enough people so that it just becomes Stress is part of life. It means you give a damn. Nine and a half. don't while you're sleeping than be around you when you hadn't had enough sleep. Well, you set it up right. things done. The quality of your work will be better. Definitely. Think more clearly. You don't And that's the kind of exhaustion that actually I don't go to sleep well.

11:32 That's like never feel bad. Well, you know, you see those, like, no fear. We didn't get grounded. be a lot of fun but not so much not more fun than how much it's gonna suck if i get caught raised. Sure. And I get asked all the time, us across town to our favorite burger joint and let us stay up as late as we wanted. A lot of people would say there's other ways to do it.

15:06 is that you know human beings that were raised 30 40 50 60 years ago they it was a different world There's a consequence for everything we do. he's a normal human being and maybe i can one day achieve heights like him as well the more I found that, oh, these are more relatable and found out some things about himself. People get what they call imposter syndrome.

18:35 But when it's happening to you, that we need to create resistance to overcome it, because you're kind of patronizing yourself. mind and and to provide physical challenges that allow me to it allows me to deal with success easier because there's Yes. Now you better start making A's at him They rose up to eye level. And make the best out of it and enjoy it.

22:41 That when we get out of it, will inherently be part of our being that will go forward. I sure as hell hope so. But you know us humans, we're quick to snap right back to how we This is a year that has shaken our floor. And that's that phrase, the new normal that people like to bring up. that we don't take enough time to force upon ourselves and choose upon ourselves to do.

25:12 I give you – you have 100% of my trust until you don't. And let's talk about optimism What can you do something with? and choose the affirmative. I love lyrics. as I think in a musical way. you better be a good storyteller. in front of the camera as an actor. 92 on days confused where i ended up three lines turned into three weeks work i'm getting paid 320

29:37 blue collar family where you get a job you work your way up the ladder company ladder It's totally understandable that you would fall into some form of self-sabotage if it came that easy. Tell you what I did. 396 minding their own business. all right it was it inverted the world became a mirror i noticed oh shit i don't need any How old were you? out and let memory catch up and see what the hell was real, what was not. So I packed up my stuff. I went to a monastery for about a week. And then I got back and I went

33:34 through all the bullshit and all the excess of affluence that was coming at me at the time. You weren't a child star, but it was damn close. Well, in the infinite yeses, as you know, the infinite options can make a tyrant of any of us. Sign it. You know why I like to email more than text? I mean, you worked with her. Isn't she in Taxi Driver? I ran into him at a doctor's office.

36:20 And the director, you go, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is not Olin Mills. We just want the child to be himself or herself if they have the confidence to be themselves in front of camera. For sure. playing your child like knowing that they're going to be in a film at a really young age here. And you don't want to steal. I wouldn't want my child to be raised in Hollywood by Hollywood.

39:02 like almost like a chemical process. Like if you want to make epoxy, you have to add a bunch of different ingredients. That seems toxic for children. Yes, of course you can be whatever you want. this is a stop not a stay for me this isn't really going to feed me and it really turned me on this there's a few that have gotten through it someone should actually sit down with those folks and try

41:48 And you wake up the next morning, I was gone again. today and get rewarded tomorrow. And it was an example that worked for them of understanding that you can How much did you weigh? you are out of the movie, the first frame. I got on a diet where I'd have my tapioca pudding or whatever, and this is another reason that I really didn't It didn't matter if I drank my wine until one in the morning.

45:10 cellularly, my cells that were in the dugout and over there in the bullpen had to get up and go, whoa, we're not getting fed what we used to get fed. We and my brain got really super, super sharp on that as well. Yeah. yeah first time i ever had to do it i mean you you got jacked for that uh well i don't know how 265 you know he played kentucky under bear brian got drafted by the green bay packers he was a big

47:47 He goes, that's the work muscle. It wasn't that difficult to do. to be all consumed with something to be obsessed with, a singular obsession. This is my job. So my life revolved around that. My wife made me meals. Trust me, I didn't go to You cannot go far enough, McConaughey. When I started to eat more at 135 to say let's slow this train down Now, how long did it take for you to physically recover from something like that?

50:33 because I know how hard it is for guys to cut weight for fights, I'd heard stories about people that go, well, now I'm going to gain weight. I can eat as much as I down at 135. But at 220, libido was through the roof. I couldn't catch a cold if So it did take a physical toll. My knees hurt. What is that? Mm-hmm. committed to it like what what makes you decide this is interstellar let's do it all right well

54:46 the right way you know that good kind of scared where you're like oh i don't know what the hell You know, those are great. You can't cry that hard. the dramatic roles. And that's what I love about drama is that now it's to the individual actor, So we mixed it up and we watched Contact again. That character that you played was a fascinating guy, and I kind of feel like there's

57:57 Well, in a world that's saying I'm only spiritual because I want unity, that's exactly what religion means. contradictions and that's part of what the reason i attacked that role and became part of that movie. And is there wisdom in those translations? I mean, it's a circus book or people that nonbelievers and I'm like, It has been interpreted and reinterpreted.

1:00:37 I felt improvement. And I don't know what to do with, and Jesus healed everyone, and he couldn't walk, and now he touched me and he can walk. real problem with it, when it's used for, to separate people, to exclude people, to marginalize people, to judge people. well stepfather when he goes you'll find out some things where the messenger maybe they wanted it for you they couldn't follow through

1:03:15 because of something they do But you don't throw the whole book out and say, well, it's all bad then. Why do you think that is, and have you had difficulties with that? And I've seen people read the room and go, whoa, that wouldn't bode well for me in the future. as uh our friend jordan peterson who's back um saw his video being back that go to the illiberal

1:06:21 It's just so arrogant And I haven't measured or noticed where it has harmed or gotten in my way I'm like, what? He goes, turn on hard copy. I didn't have a mother to talk to, to share things with. about with people disparaging people for their opinions and their beliefs and the way they live Muslim what is it what are your beliefs as a a Quaker like what do you what what's going on in

1:09:48 but talking to the guy that that was never the way I talked to him when he and I were looking the other one has a Biden sign in the yard. we don't, wow, I'm on social media yet. all of a sudden I have a bad night. I'm in a great mood. You know, hired and fired or not hired because you don't have as many people following your whatever it is. And it's so easy to dismiss someone who's just text on a screen.

1:13:45 i just got a boob job hold up hold up calf jobs how many people are getting calf jobs And I'm just saying, like, what's going on? I wonder if it works. It's a great place. Before I was doing my last Netflix special, But when you want to leave or use the phone, like if someone's going to call you, maybe you've got a got a babysitter you can go outside they'll open the pouch up and then you can use your phone

1:16:23 I need my phone. If you go to a department store, the mannequins have giant fake boobs. up and down and back and up and back and coming back and sitting down excuse me pardon me up more Oh, yeah, they really did send over prisoners And it was happening. Yeah, I say unbelievable too often. I'm like, boy, there's one thing you can depend on people being, it's people.

1:20:17 so they can go off and be independent and autonomous and hopefully competent young individuals. There's ones that we can agree on. it's changing a lot. So this sort of campaign movement that I want to push is reminding those of us from Austin why we love it there. That we don't get, don't get loose. and it's a young town. and will continue to work.

1:23:32 Sell Austin to Austinites and to people who are coming to it. If I pull it off, it's going to be something that I'm just living and doing and becoming. coming to texas because you got no taxes you You're coming to Austin because it's affluent. It's happening. You're coming for the people, the food, the swing. It's happening. It's a creative town. It's alive. It's young.

1:25:20 Quicker than any city I've ever been to as a newcomer. But don't take advantage of that freedom. We still got boots on and we still pull them on and strap them on and get work done. as I think it is in my mind. That's kind of the rule. That's one of the great things about Austin at its best. We don't lie, cheat, and steal to get where we're going. these socialites come from you know yeah um one thing that's plaguing los angeles uh that I'm starting to see here is the homelessness in tent form all over the city.

1:28:50 venice my friend bridget sent me a video of her driving down venice and it's a mile of tents i vacated hotels um i don't know to what extent that's that's working um you know i've got of the curb. Well, that curb got full. Let's move them to this side of the curb. And then you end We never will get there. you know, not just, if we can make jails not just a holding cell. I mean, know the answer. I do. If we can get them some mental help and then give somebody, you know, not just if we can make jails, not just a holding sale.

1:32:46 So it's a constant question I have about how it's the best way to rehabilitate. And some people aren't going to do that work. prisons, it's a similar problem, is that the downt downtrodden the people that have hit a bad spot But there's almost too many challenges and too many people and everybody has their own So I'm spinning my wheels as much as the next guy.

1:35:39 And if we're fortunate enough to be in a position where we go, well, I'm going to do what I'm good at and I'm going to work my backside off for it. I was also born with more opportunities than a lot of people. I was born into a two-parent family. Yeah, what do we do with them? I think there's a place, and this is what I'm striving to get to Where the personal choice is also the best choice for the most amount of people. I call it the egotistical utilitarian.

1:38:33 was trying to describe this to one of my friends in la he's like what's so great about austin i was Someone's got to realize that this could get out of hand. Every, you know, here and there you'd see tents. It's a weird spot, you know, and it's that melting blending of all these different types of people here has made But also preserve the core DNA of who we are.

1:41:05 by listening to a lot of austinites as well what our constitution is in austin that's separate there was a great relationship and like nudged you over you never felt like they were looking to get you. Yeah. We have to have law and order. can y'all remember and understand our point of view that we're like the tow truck driver. already tensions are high. But that's, you know, as far as

1:45:36 force. I don't see how that's Have we seen these other forms where the reallocated money goes to for 911 calls and stuff? So we're going to see how this experiment goes. And a lot of these people are, you know, when you see these horrible reactions that cops have to situations where they do completely overstep their boundaries and abuse people. It seems like a popular social sentiment that people are repeating because it puts you in this ideology of a person who cares and is progressive.

1:48:38 And I'm worried about that here as well but governor abbott has stepped in and said he's going to put a stop to that which is uh you know there's talk about not giving the the the towns that do this they're not going Um, but he brought up the samurai sword, how there was a reverence for it. And I remember how we were And the samurai sword is a good example because there's a reverence for that.

1:50:47 that our life audibles yeah and as we said get rid of the ones who can't because it is a hard job Yeah.