“I moved down to the ranch in Texas,” McConaughey said. “I went down there and I made a pact with my wife [model and actress Camila Alves McConaughey] and said, ‘I’m not going back to work unless I get offered roles I want to do.’”

Matthew McConaughey spoke about when he refused to return to Hollywood for rom-coms and how a career pact with his wife kept him to his word.