MATTHEW Mc CONAUGHEY - ‘I'm thinking about the second half'

IN THE PAST YEAR, THE OSCAR WINNER TURNED 50, MOVED TO TEXAS AND BECAME A PROFESSOR – AND HE’S NOT DONE YET

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LIVING HIS LEGACY “What we do today will introduce us when we’re gone,” says McConaughey.

Even before Matthew McConaughey hit his milestone 50th birthday last November, he started pondering his legacy. “It’s fun and interesting for me to go, ‘What will they say at your eulogy?’” he says. While he hasn’t finished his acclaimed film career, McConaughey has started thinking outside Hollywood. Last year he and his wife, Camila Alves, 38, and their children Levi, 11, Vida, 10, and Livingston, 7, moved to his home state of Texas, where he teaches a film class at the University of Texas at Austin and runs his Just Keep Livin foundation. (He’s also creative director for Wild Turkey Bourbon and created his own Longbranch whiskey.) Before an onstage appearance at HistoryTalks, a travelling series of live events, he spoke with WHO about his world now and the question he finds himself asking: “Can I live a life where I can look forward to looking back?”

So, how did turning 50 feel?

My wife made a big deal out of it. I won’t tell you exactly what we did, but we had 100 of my close friends for 82 hours in one place. It was in a place far, far away from electricity and everything. It was great. I was happy to go: “You know what? I guess I feel 50 because I’m 50.” The 40s were a wonderful decade, not just for myself but for a lot of my peers … It’s a really customising decade for men and women. I didn’t turn 50 and go, “I’m thinking about the second half.” But subconsciously, I’m sure, it had something to do with it.