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Matthew McConaughey has read all his bad reviews – and I applaud him | Polly Hudson
Source: The Guardian · Published
The Hollywood actor revealed he once read two-decades’ worth of pans in one fell swoop, during two days in the desert. It’s the kind of preposterous self-flagellation we can all learn from and enjoy To assume makes an ass out of you and me, but as sweeping generalisations go, this seems fairly uncontroversial: nobody likes hearing themselves being criticised. Obviously there are exceptions to the…
Key points
- The Hollywood actor revealed he once read two-decades’ worth of pans in one fell swoop, during two days in the desert.
- It’s the kind of preposterous self-flagellation we can all learn from and enjoy To assume makes an ass out of you and me, but as sweeping generalisations go, this seems fairly uncontroversial: nobody likes hearing themselves being criticised.
- Obviously there are exceptions to the…
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