Matthew McConaughey on Immortality, Shooting With Linklater and Nolan and Teaching His Film Students Not to Fear ‘Doing Something Sh—y’

In all his homespun wisdom, Matthew McConaughey doesn’t think the world is a stage — he thinks it’s a story told by the fire.

“Am I doing things that I want to last? Yeah. Am I trying to build bonfires instead of just campfires? Yeah,” the Oscar-winner says, reflecting on his legacy before he’s honored with Variety’s Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Filmland in Arkansas on Friday.

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