Matthew McConaughey

And let's go into it.

It was...

I kept, I'd say I probably gained even more respect for people and things, but I lost a certain amount of reverence that was keeping me from feeling like I deserved or earned things or looking out for myself or holding myself to task.

And I remember all the things that I, and I was just getting, going to Hollywood at the time, so I was getting, fame was out there.

as one of those clouds, you know, with being an actor and all of a sudden celebrity and becoming famous, the reverence I had, I remember it just, it lowered down to eye level.

And I was able to realize it and go, that's not a, that's not fairy dust.

And don't give it so much credit to make it fairy dust.

Like, oh, not me.

No, I could never.

No, look that in the eye with full respect, but less reverence.

And at the same time, equidistant, almost equal sublimation, I noticed where I had been

condescending people and things and patronizing and sloughing things off as like less than me and not worthy of my time.

It raised up to eye level.

And so they were all flat in front of me and the world was flat.

And I was able to, shoulders went back, my heart rose up, my chin lifted up.

I looked things in the eye.

I became probably less sentimental.

hopefully not to a level that I got callous, but I know I became less sentimental.

on these mendacities that we deal with every day and this bullshit that we give too much credit or too much significance to.

And you're like, what am I doing?