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The best thing about having a movie coming out is that we get to hear from the celebrities that star in the movie.  Matthew McConaughey is no exception.  

Matthew McConaughey plays the leading man in the new romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, costarring Jennifer Garner.  People Magazine asked McConaughey some burning questions from their readers and we get to reap the benefits. 

What was it like working with Jennifer Garner in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past?

McConaughey:  I had a ball with Jennifer. She’s very elegant, yet sort of a classic woman, actress. She does her own thing, and she also doesn’t bring a lot of hoity-toity false drama to the process. But she’s also very sly and cunning and witty. She’s with it and she’s fun to work with. You might think you’re pulling one over on her, and she’ll flip it right around. She’s very keen and coy.

 Did you ever get your heart broken? How did you get over it?

McConaughey: Oh yeah, I had my heart broken several times, especially growing up. It starts off with having a good mom who comes in, sees you’re heartbroken, lets you sit there for a while and then the next morning it was like, “Let’s get on with it! You’re going to get back out there.” She’d always tell us, “It was their loss.” It made us feel better. It got us back out the door. We were never allowed to stay around and sulk about anything.

Was your j.k. livin foundation really inspired by Dazed and Confused?

McConaughey: j.k. livin was inspired by the passing of my father. A week into shooting Dazed and Confused, my father moved on. So I was dealing with the loss of him and how do you maintain a relationship with somebody who is no longer physically around on the earth, right? So, I was dealing with how do I maintain that relationship, how do I keep him alive in my mind and in my spirit and that’s where “just keep livin” came from. So in the film there was a scene where I actually said it. That sort of got quoted and laid down into immortal words in a film but it came from what I was dealing with and how I was approaching my father’s death.

 Do you help change nappies? And has [your son Levi] peed on you yet?

McConaughey: Yes! And yes! More than a few times to both. And he gets the joke when he pees on me. He laughs. He laughs his butt off! I think I am [good at changing diapers]. I could have a race-off with some other dads out there.

I for one would love to see Matthew in the race off.  I wonder if he could beat some mom’s out there too??

How has Levi changed you? And what is the best thing about being a parent?

McConaughey: The coolest thing I’ve learned from Levi is kids really remind you of [your] sense of humor. Like I was just saying, they pee on you and they’re just laughing and all of sudden you’re reminded of having a sense of humor about everything. You can watch Levi, and everything he sees is for the first time, so you see the wonder in something we see every day. You see the wonder of picking up a coffee cup and hitting on the plate and it makes a sound and all of sudden for 15 minutes the kid is just entertained with this little thing. So it’s reminded me to see things for the first time, not in a naïve way, but in an innocent way. It’s a ball!

 You always look so relaxed and calm. What’s the secret to your casual style?

McConaughey: I think I’m pretty good at localizing and I also enjoy people and conversations and I like to share opinions. I’m not as chill if I don’t get my sleep, I’ll tell you that. So getting a good night sleep and I don’t really leave crumbs in my life, if you know what I mean. When you leave crumbs in your life, you have a reason to look over your shoulder. A lot people tend to be anxious because they’re looking over their shoulder a little bit.

For the complete interview go to People.com.

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