VIDEO. Matthew McConaughey uses his Oscar to educate his children

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In 2014, Matthew McConaughey returned home with the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance in

.

And as he explained during a stint on the

, his children wanted to know everything about the famous statuette.

“I said to them, 'Do you remember a year and a half ago when you said daddy looked like a giraffe?

When you got up in the morning and he was gone?

(…) When daddy left for 30 days to work on this film?

Thanks to the work I did during those days, a year and a half later, my peers decided to give me this trophy because they felt that my work was excellent.

So you can do things today that will pay off tomorrow, ”recalled the actor who is the father of three with his wife Camila Alves.

Alone in the desert

Matthew McConaughey has just published

, his autobiography from the diary he has kept for decades.

A project that the actor had for a long time and which was able to succeed thanks to a helping hand from his wife.

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“She said to me, 'Get the hell out of here and don't come back until you have something,'” he continued.

So Matthew McConaughey left alone in the desert to write his book.

“There were very cold nights.

I was gone for 52 days in total.

The first 12 without electricity then I had a generator in my hands on time, ”the star recalled.

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