Matthew McConaughey took a big gamble, and it paid off.

The “Dazed and Confused” star has revealed how he once turned down a whopping $14.5 million paycheck because he no longer wanted to be typecast as a rom-com actor.

McConaughey, 55, opened up about the offer and his decision to walk away from the big payday during an episode of “The Diary of a CEO” podcast released Thursday, Sept. 18. 10

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“I was getting quantity, but I wasn’t getting the quality,” he recalled. “What I want to do is dramas, but Hollywood won’t offer me one, no matter how big a pay cut I take.”

Before McConaughey changed his trajectory and began focusing on more dramatic roles, he starred in popular rom-coms like “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “Failure to Launch,” “Fool’s Gold” and “Ghosts of Girlfriends P

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