If there is something more profound than a Matthew McConaughey performance, it is his interviews. As much as they are philosophical and full of metaphors, they are teeming with a lot of helpful insights. One can just keep listening to his take on acting, life, spirituality, and pretty much anything in the world. Every conversation with the actor is a treasure trove of knowledge and thought-provoking life advice. 

Recently, he gave another one of his iconic interviews, and this time the topic that came out in the spotlight was his way of parenting and how he helps his children find what they are naturally talented at.   

On Thursday, August 13, Matthew McConaughey spoke to Variety before being felicitated with Variety’s Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Filmland in Arkansas on Friday. He talked about his acting journey, his upcoming projects, his recent stint as a professor at the University of Texas, and his Keep Livin’ Foundation, which helps less privileged and troubled youth. 

While talking about helping young kids, the conversation shifted to his own children and his and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey’s parenting approach. According to him, they are both trying to equip their children with the skills and constantly guide them towards the things they love to do and, most importantly, are naturally adept at.

“Camila and I are trying to teach them and show them and put things in front of them that help them find what hopefully they, one, love to do, but, secondly, are inherently gifted to do,” he explains.

Explaining further in the Variety interview, the actor explained how, with the capitalist nature of modern society, it is something of a miracle to be able to cash in on something you are actually passionate about. This will also ensure what they do, they will be the best at it. This advice by McConaughey is both practical and aspirational, which more and more parents should follow.

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Matthew McConaughey will soon be seen on the big screen in The Rivals of Amziah King, which is the kind of story that the actor prefers telling. 

The Rivals of Amziah King presents Matthew McConaughey with a story that gets his creative juices flowing. In the movie, he portrays the main character, a beekeeper, bluegrass musician, and pillar of his rural Oklahoma town who fights off threats to his honey business and reunites with his former foster daughter, Kateri (Angelina LookingGlass). The movie also has an amazing bee stunt that was done without CGI.

The Rivals of Amziah King will open in select cinemas on Friday after receiving a rare standing ovation at SXSW last March. The Matthew McConaughey Cinema, the recently rebranded Alamo Drafthouse cinema in Austin, where he resides, will be one of the theaters screening the film.

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