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After politics, Matthew McConaughey reveals his plans to start career in stand-up comedy
Matthew McConaughey says that he wants to try his career as a comic because he loves the "no-filter communication" provided by humour.
Updated : Nov 20, 2020, 07:45 AM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
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Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey wants to start his career in stand-up comedy. According to him, he was planning a comedy tour before the pandemic.
He wanted to try his career as a comic because he loves the "no-filter communication" provided by humour.
"I haven't shared this with many people but stand up is a no-filter communication. What I do as an actor, which is why I'm interested in doing stand up, is my raw expression goes through four filters before it gets to the screen," McConaughey said on "The Russell Howard Hour", reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"I'm doing someone else's script, I'm being directed by someone else, I'm being filmed by someone else, I'm being edited by someone else before it's put in a capsule and put in front of you on screen. That's four filters from my original expression. So that's the goal. Where do you go where there is no filter? That's stand-up. So the plan before Covid was, I was planning on taking to the road and telling stories in an hour of stand-up," he added.
McConaughey says he cannot wait to get started, "It sounds like a great thing to be addicted to, the ultimate buzz. You look today at stand-up comics, they are the best truth- tellers we have. If I can get away with this, then I'd love to."
Before Matthew revealed his plans of becoming a comedian, he appeared to be considering the idea of entering politics when discussing it with syndicated talk radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview posted online on Wednesday.
Asked if he would run for governor of Texas or another political office, the actor said he was undecided without ruling it out.
He said, "I mean, that wouldn't be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would me," said McConaughey. "I would say this," he continued. "Look, politics seems to be a broken business to me right now. And when politics redefine its purpose, I could be a hell of a lot more interested."
