The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - Season 4 Episode 1: Matthew McConaughey

Buy Matthew McConaughey’s new book Greenlights: https://www.amazon.com/Greenlights-Biography-Hardback-Oct-2020/dp/B08NYT98CF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Matthew+McConaughey&qid=1610262938&s=books&sr=1-4

Matthew McConaughey (actor, producer, and best-selling author of Greenlights) sits down with Jordan B. Peterson to talk about Matthew’s new book, his upbringing, his relationships with his mother and father, his journey to being at peace with his fame, what it’s like to play malevolent or dark characters in movies or on television, and a surprising satirical review of Greenlights.

Find Matthew McConaughey on Twitter @McConaughey and on Instagram @officiallymcconaughey and basically anywhere. Check out his new book Greenlights, which has sold more than 1 million copies, available at https://www.amazon.com/Greenlights-Biography-Hardback-Oct-2020/dp/B08NYT98CF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Matthew+McConaughey&qid=1610262938&s=books&sr=1-4

[1:00] Jordan Peterson kicks off the conversation by asking why and how Matthew McConaughey wrote his book Greenlights.
[4:00] Matthew realized he needed to write the book himself without a ghostwriter as initially planned and dig back into his journals as a form of necessary reflection on the past.
[6:00] Matthew’s old journals revealed their common thread through all the stories, poems, and bumper stickers. That common thread was the creation of good things in life through mindset or action “Greenlights.”
[12:00] Jordan talks about his initial response after reading Matthews’s and how his expectations were changed.
[14:00] Matthew talks about his solo trips when starting to create the structure of his book. Jordan comments that this was a book written by a celebrity that did not really focus on the traditional parts of being a celebrity (very family-focused and foundational). Matthew states, “When we were editing the book I found that the more personal the stories became, the more relatable they seemed to become, to the human c..