I am so happy for Matthew McConaughey on his huge win for Best Actor at the 2014 Academy Awards last night! His performance in the Dallas Buyers Club was impeccable and the acceptance speech he gave was so inspiring, I just had to share. Here are his inspiring words plus the video in case you missed it or want to see it again – watch Matthew McConaughey’s Oscars speech below! xo
WATCH: Matthew McConaughey’s Oscars Speech for Best Actor Win
“There are three things I need each day. One, I need something to look up to, another to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.
First off, I want to thank God because that’s who I look up to. He’s graced my life with opportunities. He’s shown me that it’s a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.
To my family is to what I look forward to. To my father who I know is up there right now with a big pot of gumbo, he has a big lemon meringue pie over there. He’s probably in his underwear and has a big can of Miller Lite and he’s dancing right now. To you dad, you taught me how to be a man. To my mother who’s here tonight, who taught me and my two older brothers — demanded — that we respect ourselves. And in turn we were able to learn how to respect others. Thank you for that mama. You are the four people [his mom, wife and kids] in my life that I want to make the most proud of me. Thank you.
“And to my hero. That’s who I chase. When I was 15 years old I had a very important person in my life come and ask me ‘Who’s your hero?’ I said, ‘I thought about it and it’s me in ten years. So I turned 25 ten years later and that same person comes to me and goes, ‘Are you a hero?’ I said, ‘Not even close!’ She said why and I said, ‘My hero is me at 35.’ You see, every day, and every week, and every month, and every year of my life my hero is always ten years away. I’m never going to be my hero. I’m not going to obtain that and that’s fine with me because it keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing.”
“So to any of us, whatever those things are and whatever it is we look up to, whatever it is we look forward to and whoever it is we’re chasing, to that I say alright, alright, alright. And just keep living.”
