Matthew McConaughey

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?

I'm not even gonna let myself emotionally get brought down or over-related by this situation because it doesn't really matter in the big scheme.

And so certain things that I found reverence for and hesitated from in my life, I was now engaging with because I was like, oh, it's live.

This life is live.

Let's look it in the eye and go forward through it and deal with the consequences.

What do you make of death?

Does it scare you?

I'm not looking forward to it, but it does not scare me.