Matthew McConaughey

“Fellini’s 8½. Just got done working in Italy for three months, where the ambiance is exceptional, and a lot of this man’s inspiration, what he did here is still around.”

“The Great Beauty. I enjoyed that. Going to stick with that too. We’re still in Italy, aren’t we?”

“Oh, I’m going to get Tootsie because this movie makes my mom so happy.”

“Oh, I’m going to do The Big Chill because I remember when I was young and I felt so adult appreciating this Lawrence Kasdan sort of melodrama. And I believe it still holds up. Always remember that scene, Kevin Kline goes jogging in some short shorts... You’re like... 'Oh, they’re not trying to be in great shape, they’re just– morning to get the blood flow.' Why I remember that scene, I don’t remember. Thank you, Mr. Kasdan.”

“I’m going with the guy’s first film who put me in my first film: Mr. Linklater, Slacker. Austin, Texas. Madonna’s pube, still worth money.”

“Sticking with Linklater. I’ve never seen this cover either. Well, I wouldn’t be standing here without... Met the right guy, Don Phillips, who introduced me to Mr. Richard Linklater, auditioned for a role, three lines turned into three weeks’ work, went back to school, graduated, drove out to Hollywood with a couple thousand bucks and the role of Wooderson in Dazed and Confused. Turned into a career. Thanks, cat.”

“Oh, yeah, Two-Lane Blacktop. Back to Dazed and Confused, Lee Daniel, the one-arm DP on Dazed and Confused, turned me on to this in 1992.”

“John Sayles. Yeah. Matewan.”

“Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott. Doing that for sure. I remember loving that, as a big-screen sort of metroplex movie while I was in film school... I would always go to the multiplex and go see, like, this or... Or Die Hard or something... I started to think, 'Oh, man, I gotta go to the art House only, if I’m going to be an artist.' And then one day I was like, 'Bullshit, I like these movies.' Like Thelma & Louise. Thank you, Ridley.”

“I want me some Mean Streets. Yes, I do. Thank you.”

“Did a film with him down in Piedras Negras, Lone Star. I remember the audition for that... I was talking to him about it, he was like, 'Yeah.' He goes, 'Now just kick back and talk to me with your feet up on the table, like this is your place.' And I did. And whatever I did, he goes, 'That’s it. Want to do the movie?' And we did. It’s also the set where... I got a phone call... 'Do you want to play Jake Brigance in A Time to Kill?' And I said, '[beep] yeah.'”

“Basquiat. Just because I’m a fan.”

“Election, Alexander Payne. One of my favorites of his. Good to see you there, Reese.”

“Amores perros, please. I’ll do that real quick on the way out. We like that.”