Matthew McConaughey reflected on his days as “the rom-com guy” and how turning down one movie offer changed his career.

“I was getting quantity, but I wasn’t getting the quality,” McConaughey, 55, recalled during a Thursday, September 18, episode of “The Diary of a CEO” podcast, noting that he wanted to do something “that scares me” rather than what he was used to.

“What I want to do is dramas, but Hollywood won’t offer me one no matter how big of a pay cut I take,” McConaughey continued. “If I can’t do what I want to do, I’m going to quit doing what I’ve been doing. [I] Chose to, boom, go to the ranch in Texas. … Told my agent, ‘No more rom-coms.’”

After making this decision with wife Camila Alves’ support, the well was dry. (McConaughey noted that Alves was pregnant with their first c

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