Let’s be honest, most of us have done an impression of Matthew McConaughey, “Alright, alright, alright.” However, Anne Hathaway takes her impression of him even further. Yesterday on Jimmy Kimmel Live she showed us that she does not only captures the way he enunciates words, but she also nails his essence. The way he talks about things is unlike anyone else. Which is why we love him.
I forgot what she won an Oscar for, but, to me, this is the finest acting she has ever done in her career. Take that Princess Diaries.
I do not know about you, but I cannot think of Matthew McConnaughey without hearing his special way of saying, “Alright, alright, alright.” But how did he come up his infamous catchphrase.
The actor explained how while doing a Web’s Most Searched Questions for Wired. He said, “First film I am ever on, Dazed & Confused. I am in the car, about to do my first scene ever and it is non scripted.” Continuing on, “There’s a scene in the movie where Wooderson is hanging out in a pool hall, girls walk by, he reaches and slaps one of the backsides. His buddy says, ‘You gotta cut that or you are gonna go to jail.’ And he steps forward and says, ‘No man, that is what I love about those high school girls. I get older but they stay the same age.'” He thought to himself who is this guy and when he heard action, he looks up and sees “Marissa Ribisi across the way and to myself I go, ‘The fourth thing about Wooderson is picking up chicks?’ Alright, alright, alright.” There you have it!
Are you alright, alright, alright with that answer?
When I think of Matthew McConaughey, I think of him as a tall man. But in this photo, he looks like he is average size. Granted, almost anyone who stands next to the 7’1″ Shaquille O’Neal is going to appear to be small. Even a 6′ Surfer, Dude.
Last week, Matthew McConaughey told Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly that all of his hair is his. But then today he admitted in Us Weekly’s 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me that, “The best hairpiece I’ve ever worn for a role was definitely the Kenny Wells piece [in Gold].”
So which one is it? In the real world his hair is real, in the fake one it is fake.
Celebrities have their peculiarities of what they liked to be called and not be called. For example, Sarah Jessica Parker only likes to be called Sarah Jessica. Matthew McConaughey told Jimmy Kimmel yesterday on his ABC late night show that he doesn’t like to be called Matt and he has a good reason for that.
Back when he was in kindergarten and his mom was also a teacher of that grade, a kid called him Matt. As he was running with that little boy to the monkey bars, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder that pushed him down to the ground. He looked up and saw it was his mom and she told him, “Don’t you ever answer to Matt again. I named you Matthew from the Bible.” Ever since then, he never responds to Matt.
Therefore, if you ever see Matthew in person, don’t call him Matt if you want him to so something for you.
