Movie star Matthew McConaughey has opened up about his son’s burgeoning acting career.
Matthew McConaughey wants his children to follow their own passions in life.
The 56-year-old actor’s son Levi has already tried his hand at acting, but Matthew isn’t insistent that he follows in his father’s footsteps.
Speaking to Extra, Matthew explained: “It’s open to how much he’s going to attack trying to pursue this as a career. I’m letting him decide that.
“I’m not pushing him one way or another. I’m just trying to give him the resources and some tips along the way.”
Matthew – who has Levi, 18, Vida, 16, and Livingston, 13, with his wife Camila – feels excited by his son’s burgeoning acting career, even though he has many different interests.
The Hollywood star said: “It’s one of the things he’s doing.
“He’s got many interests right now, and he’s enjoying the level at which he’s able to do some acting right now amongst him in school and being a part of our family and some other things he’s got going musically.
“But as long as he’s interested in it and willing to put in the work to try to improve the craft and understand, which that happens if you get better, you start to get more interested in things because you can feel yourself maybe learning. And that’s the stage he’s in right now.”
Levi has another movie being released later this year, and Matthew can’t wait to see the teenager on the silver screen again.
He said: “I’m excited, he’s got a movie coming out this summer or fall, Way of the Warrior Kid, which I’ve seen, and I’m very excited for that to be shared.”
Matthew and Levi previously worked together on The Lost Bus, the 2025 survival drama film, and he’s always keen to offer some advice to his son.
Matthew said: “I worked with my son Levi a lot when we worked together and just the expectations and the rights that you have as an actor.
“What to look for, how to get out of a bind if you’re feeling too much tension or what have you, how to get out of trouble in a scene if you’re not relaxed and really letting it happen.”
Matthew McConaughey won’t push his kids ‘one way or another’
