Matthew McConaughey Explains How Fatherhood Made Him a Better Actor

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Matthew McConaughey is opening up about how being a father has impacted his career. The 54-year-old actor shares three children with his wife Camila Alves: Levi, 15, Vida, 14, and Livingston, 11. Matthew recently explained how he believes fatherhood has made him a better actor. Keep reading to find out more… “Having children I know has made me a better artist and has made me a better actor, because kids see things for the first time all the time.

Their questions are innocent,” he told People. “I become a better storyteller because I have kids, meaning, I come home from work on something like True Detective, and my 4-year-old kid goes, ‘What’d you do today?’ I cannot tell them what the show’s really about, it’s not age-appropriate.

So I have to go into a parable for them.” The star described how the nature of his projects made him get creative around his children. “I had to become a better storyteller to tell my kids about a good guy, a bad guy and a monster in this, to tell them the parable of the story I was in.” Matthew explained that he eventually realized he had never worked on a movie or TV show that was appropriate for kids. “As you become a parent, what do you end up watching?

You end up watching mostly what your kids are watching, and so I was like, ‘Man, I’ve never been a part of an animated film,’ and I like doing voice work,” he said.