Matthew McConaughey always planned to ditch Hollywood for Texas

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Matthew McConaughey ever had plans to ditch nan glitz and glamour of Hollywood to return to his location authorities of Texas. 

"This has ever been home, location are aggregate reasons for that," he shared connected "Today." 

The character and "Greenlights" writer added that he enjoys nan slower gait successful Texas, and his family roots person ever been planted successful nan Lone Star State. 

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Matthew McConaughey reflected connected his Texas values and explained why he was inspired to raise his family successful Austin successful a caller interview. (Getty Images)

"This is wherever I person a awesome narration pinch time. Meaning 60 seconds feels for illustration a minute, a mile feels for illustration a mile. I for illustration to unrecorded successful a spot and for a location to beryllium a spot wherever I person a bully narration pinch time," he said.

McConaughey added that his "family portion is here" successful Texas, including his 92-year-old mother and his 2 older brothers. The character explained that he had plans to return erstwhile he was fresh to raise his ain family pinch woman Camila Alves. 

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The character had plans to return to his location authorities erstwhile he was fresh to raise his ain family pinch his woman Camila.  (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage/Getty Images)

"I wanted them to person what I grew up around… There’s a solid… magnitude of communal consciousness that runs done it, it's untalked about, but we understand it here," he said connected "Today."

McConaughey besides noted that he values nan "resources" and nan "backbone of security" he has successful his location state. 

"This has ever been home, location are aggregate reasons for that."

McConaughey and Alves joined successful 2012, and they stock 3 children together.

Matthew McConaughey poses pinch his woman Camila and their 3 children. (Rick Kern/Getty Images)

In 2014, McConaughey near Malibu, California, for Austin, Texas, pinch his family.

He was calved successful Uvalde, Texas, but grew up successful Longview, Texas. He attended nan University of Texas astatine Austin and had plans to beryllium a lawyer, but ended up taking a different route.

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Matthew McConaughey near Malibu, California, for Austin, Texas pinch his family successful 2014. (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

He began acting successful 1991 successful student films and commercials. McConaughey’s first large movie domiciled was arsenic David Wooderson successful 1993's "Dazed and Confused." It was successful this movie that McConaughey said 1 of nan astir memorable lines of his career: "Alright, alright, alright."

In nan early 2000s, nan character began his rom-com run, and starred successful "The Wedding Planner," "Failure to Launch" and "Ghost of Girlfriends Past." McConaughey worked pinch Kate Hudson connected 2 of his romance movies, "How to Lose a Guy successful 10 Days" and "Fool’s Gold."

Earlier this year, McConaughey admitted he almost discontinue Hollywood during his romantic-comedy years. 

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Matthew McConaughey is famously known for his celebrated line, "All right, each right, each right," which he says successful 1993's "Dazed and Confused." (Collection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo)

"I’ve usually zigged erstwhile I felt for illustration Hollywood wanted maine to zag," nan 54-year-old told "Twisters" prima Glen Powell for an article successful Interview magazine. "When I had my rom-com years, location was only truthful overmuch bandwidth I could springiness to those, and those were immoderate coagulated hits for me. But I wanted to effort immoderate different stuff. Of course, I wasn’t getting it, truthful I had to time off Hollywood for 2 years."

McConaughey said nan break was "scary," and he considered leaving acting altogether. He debated starting complete again successful a wholly different career, which included becoming a teacher, a conductor aliases a wildlife guide.

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