“Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets. I didn't want anybody's name on my backside. I personally don't like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone's likeness all over it.”

American actor

Matthew McConaughey is an American actor. He rose to wider attention in the 1993 coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused, and later found his first real success as a leading man in the legal drama A Time to Kill in 1996. After that breakthrough, he took starring roles in Contact, Amistad, and U-571, all released between 1997 and 2000. His screen work is associated with a mix of legal drama, science fiction, historical drama, and war films.