Let’s see if this is something the networks air in their Oscar reviews: a thank you to God.
In his acceptance speech for Best Actor, McConaughey
declared, “First off, I want to thank God, because that’s who I look up to.”
Matthew McConaughey won his Oscar on March 2 for his portrayal of Ron Woodroof
who smuggles drugs to help AIDS patients after he himself is diagnosed in “Dallas Buyers Club [1].”
Besides McConaughey’s significant weight loss for the role, the movie fell under controversy when [2] co-star
Jared Leto played Rayon, a transgender woman, as a straight man. Article continues after the video.
McConaughey explained his thanks to God:
He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand. He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late Charlie Lawton, who said, ‘When you got God, you got a friend and that friend is you.'
He concluded by mentioning gratitude for his wife, children, mother and late father.
— Katie Yoder is Staff Writer, Joe and Betty Anderlik Fellow in Culture and Media at the Media Research Center. Follow Katie Yoder on Twitter. [3]