Matthew McConaughey has revealed the real reason that he quit his lavish celebrity lifestyle in Los Angeles in favor of moving to a remote Texas ranch with his family in 2014.

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“I moved down to the ranch in Texas,” McConaughey said. “I went down there and I made a pact with my wife [model and actress Camila Alves McConaughey] and said, ‘I’m not going back to work unless I get offered roles I want to do.’”

Matthew McConaughey may be a king of rom-coms, but all was not all right, all right, all right at one point in his acting career. While speaking with Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios on his Good Trouble podcast,

Matthew McConaughey is opening up about how his success in the rom-com genre led him to leave Hollywood for Texas.

The 55-year-old actor made a very risky pact with his wife, Camila Alves after revealing that he moved because he couldn't do the films he wanted to do.

Matthew McConaughey said he made a pact with his wife that he wouldn't go back to work unless he got offered roles he wanted.

Matthew McConaughey was tired of being pigeonholed to romantic comedies, so he decided to leave Hollywood and settle down in Texas, saying he would not take any projects he was not passionate about.

We all have our food affinities—the foods we can’t imagine surviving a deserted island without—even celebrities. For many, these cravings are more practical, like Dolly Parton’s love for potatoes or Audrey Hepburn’s "obsession" with pasta.

Matthew McConaughey details the reason why he turned down a role with a huge paycheck. Read the article to learn about it.