CNN CNN Spotlight March 3, 2014 06:34:00
>> he is an authentic texas character. a fellow texan profiled him early in his career. >> that part is flat, dusty, and freaky if you didn't grow up there. if you did it feels normal. >> he is the youngest son to jay and kim mcconaughey. a former football player turned oil pipe salesman. jim moves the family to east texas in the oil boom where matthew plays on the golf team and wins an award for best looks at longview high. after graduation he enrolls in the university of texas at austin. always a good student, he revealed on "inside the actor studio" that acting was not in his original plan....
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