Matthew McConaughey has revealed that his decision to move from Hollywood to a Texas ranch was motivated by a need to escape being the “rom-com dude.”

The actor spoke about his life and career during an appearance on the “Good Trouble” podcast, recalling how he had to learn about the importance of how to say no.

“‘No’ is just as important, if not more important. Especially if you have some level of success and access. ‘No’ becomes more important than ‘yes,'” he said, according to CNN. “We all look around and see we’ve overleveraged our life with yeses and gone, geez, oh, man, I’m making C-minuses and all that [expletive] in my life because I said yes to too many things.”

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