Matthew McConaughey Reveals How He ‘Blew’ Meeting With Oscar Winners

Happy Sad Confused/YouTube Matthew McConaughey wishes he was more charming during his meeting with Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.

The actor said he believes he “failed” the interaction in an appearance on the Thursday episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

“I remember an audition I failed,” he said.

“Some meetings are auditions.” His meeting with the Coen brothers was an important one, he recalled, as he “revered” the Oscar-winning duo behind Fargo and No Country for Old Men .

“I always wanted to work with them,” he said, as he explained why he thinks their meetup is the reason why he still hasn’t.

“I had a dinner set up with the Coen brothers and John Malkovich, just the four of us,” he added, setting the scene.

“I had such a reverence and was so impressed that I was not involved in the conversation.

And they knew each other well, and stories were going on.” “And you know that time when you’re nervous, and you’re hearing stories going on, but then you kind of quit listening because you start thinking about… ‘I need to get a word in here somewhere.

Maybe say something witty.

Say something clever when I find the gap.’” When the opportunity to join in on the conversation came, McConaughey said it did not go as well as he’d hoped.

“You get that gap, and you’re trying to hit it.

But then you’re so happy that you got the gap, and now all the eyes are on you, and all of a sudden you start to stutter,” he recalled.

“And you go like, ‘Oh, I lost my train of thought.

I forgot.’ And you start to tell a joke, and you get the first act, second act, and you forget the punch line.” He said he tried to “slough it off, like maybe they didn’t notice I missed the punch line,” but he still felt the weight of his missed moment.