Live in Bastrop · Wednesday, November 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM
An evening of conversation and audience Q&A with two best-selling authors, hosted by Ryan and Samantha Holiday's bookshop, The Painted Porch. Ryan opens with a conversation, then takes questions from the room. Tickets were $45 and sold out in under an hour.
Event details at The Painted Porch → Our sister site for Ryan Holiday →Ask Matthew
Type a question about living, luck, hardship or going after what you want, and get an answer drawn from Greenlights and McConaughey's own words, with the lines to back it up.
alright, alright, alright
A fan tribute to the Uvalde-born, Austin-based actor and author — from a stoner named Wooderson to an Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, from True Detective to Interstellar, and from the back roads of a journal to the pages of Greenlights.
A word from your neighbors
For years this little corner of the web has kept fan sites we are quietly proud of — austen.com for Jane Austen, firth.com for Colin Firth, and ryanholidayfans.com for the Stoic author down the road in Bastrop.
Matthew McConaughey joins the family, and this one is Texas to the bone. Uvalde-born, University of Texas educated, Austin home. We are neighbors a creek away, and when Ryan Holiday brings Matthew to the Bastrop Opera House stage on November 11, it lands in our own backyard.
So this is a fan's thank-you: for turning a journal of hard years into Greenlights, for betting on the hard roles when the easy paychecks were right there, and for keeping it Texan the whole way through.
Dazed to Dallas Buyers Club and beyond
A rom-com fixture who walked away from the easy money, went quiet, and came back sharper. The press called it the McConaissance. A few of the landmarks:
David Wooderson, cooler than the rest of the room. His first screen role, and the birthplace of "alright, alright, alright."
The films →Idealistic lawyer Jake Brigance — the role that made him a star.
The films →Ron Woodroof, an AIDS patient smuggling treatments. McConaughey lost dozens of pounds for the role and won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
The films →Detective Rust Cohle opposite Woody Harrelson. Peak-prestige television, and an Emmy nomination.
The films →Cooper, a widowed pilot who leaves Earth to save it, in Christopher Nolan's space epic.
The films →A school-bus driver evacuating children during California's 2018 Camp Fire, directed by Paul Greengrass. His son Levi appears too.
The films →There are three things I need each day. One is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.
Matthew McConaughey · Oscar acceptance speech, 2014
The author
Thirty-five years of journals became a number-one bestseller, and more has followed. His own voice reads the audiobooks.
Part memoir, part approach to life, distilled from decades of journals. Learn to turn the red and yellow lights green.
The books →A number-one children's bestseller about life's contradictions.
The books →A collection of personal poems and prayers, read by the author on the audiobook.
The books →His approach to life
A motto that traces back to the loss of his father, and the name of the foundation he and Camila run for at-risk teens. Alongside the green lights of the memoir, it is the closest thing he has to a creed.
What it means →Join the fans
A rare note when there is real news — a film, a book, a Texas appearance. No noise.