North Texas Daily: Scene (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 12, 2008 Page: 6 of 8
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Friday 09.12.2008
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McConaughey discusses producing, sur ing roles
By Kip Mooney
Junior Staff Writer
In his new movie, "Surfer,
Dude," Matthew McConaughey
plays Steve Addington, a surfer
with one thing on his mind: the
waves.
But when the waves disap-
pear, McConaughey has to choose
between his integrity and money
from greedy sponsors. Here's an
excerpt from a recent roundtable
interview with Mr. "All Right, All
Right" himself:
mean me, I'm personally a little
more sophisticated and more
ambitious. I've got a company, a
family, a lot more interests in my
life than one certain thing, but I
sure do understand that connec-
tion to nature and understand
that psychology."
Q
. What did you do to prepare
• for your role?
Q
. Do you see any qualities of
• yourself in Steve?
A. "One of the things I really
• liked about this guy Steve
Addington: he's a really simple
guy connected with nature, and
that's one of the themes of the
story. He loves one thing, and
that's the wave and surfing. I
A, "I had the script, and we
• developed the script before
I started surfing, and I mean
I got wet, got in the water, got
smashed and slammed before I
ever caught a wave. I always sort
of had an Addingtonian surf-
er's mentality. I'm a pretty laid
back guy who likes my base line.
"We tried to make this set as
naturalistic as possible, looking
like you're just catching us just
hanging out for the summer. A
lot of reviews are saying, 'Now we
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get to see what McConaughey's
like in real life,' and that's not
really true. But I take it as a
compliment 'cause we did our
job, trying to make this a fly-
on-the-wall experience, seeing
what these people are really like.
"I was a producer, and you
have to make a lot of decisions,
a lot for stuff you don't have to
do as an actor. The days were
longer."
Q. How do you think college
• students will react to the
movie?
A ."We're trying to get the
• movie in front of college
students. I think it's fun; it's
got a lot of good things to say.
It's sort of a throwback to the
'70s, where the planet-friendly
consciousness started. A lot more
of the eco-friendly conscious
thinking starts in the colleges,
whether it's whom you're voting
for or all the green things.
"We didn't want the movie to be
preachy. It's an absurd comedy but
underneath, it's got a lot of stuff,
like goat farming as a solution. It's
funny and absurd but practical.
"The 'under the sun' themes,
too, like getting out under the
sun and living your life. You'll
be out there more and therefore
respect mother nature more. If
you do the cool thing, make the
right choice, life's gonna give it
back to you. But we're doing all
this with a wink and a joke. After
that, it's a fun, stony wink of a
movie that's absurd and funny.
"It's got a lot of good things to
say, not really a message movie,
but it's got some good things to
say. A guy like Addington is a
good reminder to be cool is loyal
to yourself and those around
you."
Q
.Why did you hold the
• premiere in Austin?
A .For a couple reasons. This
• is the first full j.k. livin
production. Rob, the director
and writer, and I met in Texas
in '85, and my producing part-
ners met in 1990. UT is where I
went to film school and got my
first acting job on 'Dazed and
Confused.' Austin's the place to
take back a picture where I got my
start. That was the year, in 1992,
where I got to figure out what I
was going to do with my life."
Q. Do you want to continue
• producing as well as
acting?
A. "I do want to do it more,
• but not every time, no
way. It's too hard every time
and takes up too much time.
Last two years, every day had to
do something with the movie.
The 28 days we shot I was just
an actor but a producer for so
many months before and then
after then have been 'produco-
rial.' That role differs from an
actor immensely. You have to
figure out budget, time, sound
and schedules of the actors,
trying to organize all these things
to come together at once. And
fiscally you have to make sure
you're not going over budget."
Q
. What do you have planned
• next?
A. "I'm taking a year off for
• myself. I'm going with my
son and my woman, and we're
doing some traveling."
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