How Matthew’s intuition and dedication to his work really shaped his career. Matthew’s quote from this time of his life mentions that his goal was to be “less impressive and more involved”. Additionally, the role in Dazed and Confused was originally only supposed to be one line, but Matthew was able to make an impression on the producer enough to expand the role. Matthew’s first movie was “Dazed and Confused” and it was this movie that really launched his career. That was the first moment that Matthew reflects back on realizing that was the green light that set the stage for his acting career. (You’ll have to catch the audio for those great tidbits.) Another interesting fact revealed in this book is that Matthew originally set out to college to be a lawyer, but went to his father telling him that he was switching to film studies. In addition, they discuss the three rules that were set in the McConaughey house. The gals can’t help but wonder how that relationship affected the young Matthew. One interesting aspect of this story right off the bat was his parents had a rather tumultuous relationship, having been two times divorced and three times remarried. The Beginningĭiving into the beginning of this book, it starts with Matthew going into great detail about how he grew up. In addition, it was added that timing has a lot to do with the green lights in life as well, mainly attributed to a higher power’s timeline of your life. The resounding response between all three women was that green lights are mostly a result of effort, even if the exact effort isn’t fully noticed. Tara posed the question, wondering if green lights in life happen based on luck or effort. And essentially, this book is a culmination of Matthew’s journals throughout life and how certain moments of his life were either green, yellow or red lights that helped shape his journey. What is the Green Lights in Life?ĭigging a bit deeper into the book itself, the ladies discuss what the “Green Lights” mean to Matthew throughout his book. Whereas the audio version, Matthew is actually reading the book to you (and we all know what an amazing voice he has.) So regardless of how you read this book, you won’t be disappointed. Terryn mentions that throughout the hard copy of the book, Matthew has excerpts of his own journals in his handwriting as well as photos that support the storyline. Good news, regardless of how you like to consume books, it’s amazing either way you want to “read” it. Terryn read the hard copy while both Tara and Natalie listened to the audio version. Also briefly discussed is the difference between the audio version of this book and the hard version. Kicking off the conversation, Terryn (T) introduces herself and gives a brief synopsis of Green Lights.

Book Club: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey with Terryn Drieling

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