Matthew McConaughey

Either unaware, I wouldn't let myself be aware.

I was denying that I was doing that.

Would you say that's ego?

Has ego been bad or good for you?

Does it get off the bridle for me sometimes and run loose and run places and where it's,

not of service to others.

And has it hurt loved ones and even strangers?

Yes.

where I serve myself also serves others.

Those two are part and parcel.

They're intertwined.

And that's the capital E ego that I think and hope we all need more of.

And that's what I mean when I talk about selfish.

The real true meaning of that is not doing something for self at expense of your neighbor or harming others.

for personal profit and pleasure that also is profit and pleasure for, in a utilitarian sense, more of others.

And there's, again, back to the paradox, I think there's a place, I know there's a place, I believe there's a place where those are in sync.

And when my ego's healthy, I'm able to say I'm sorry sooner for a lie or a misdemeanor or harming somebody

I'm able to be more empathetic because I got the confidence to be so.

I'm able to be more humble, but still have my chin high and my heart high and look in the eye and go, yep, my bad, bogey, guilty.

I shanked that one out of bounds, man.