Students at a US university are no doubt eager to learn this term, with Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey joining to teach a film course.
Professor McConaughey will teach a Script to Screen film production class at the Moody College of Communication at the University of
Texas in Austin, a class he previously co-taught as a guest with filmmaker and faculty member Scott Rice.
According to a press release from the university, Matthew, who earned a film degree from UT in 1993 and remains a familiar sight at football games, said this class was the one he wished he’d had during film school.“Working in the classroom with these students gives me a chance to prepare them,” he said.
“Making movies, turning words on paper into film, is both a science and art ― no matter the time or generation. The elements of truth and genuine joy for the process are timeless. That will always be our classroom focus.”
A student who took his co-taught class in 2016 gave him five stars on Rate My Professors and said the class was “ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!” (The actor’s signature line comes from the 1993 film Dazed and Confused, set in Austin.)
Though students at Moody College are surely thrilled to have the expertise of the Oscar and Golden Globe-winning
Actor this semester, many
Twitter users who aren’t students (yet) expressed their sudden and immense desire to go to college...Me applying at UT Austin after I hear Matthew McConaughey is going to be a professor: pic.twitter.com/XeSdov7dtb— Bridget Bundy (@BridgetBundy) August 28, 2019Matthew McConaughey is gonna be a professor at UT Austin so I guess I’m transferring pic.twitter.com/q83YbAeeeb— shea butter baby ✨🌙 (@50ShadesofKeke) August 28, 2019Matthew McConaughey is gonna be a teacher in Texas.YEHAW BITCHES SEE YA IN COLLEGE pic.twitter.com/f7Fz9koLQI—
Queen B (@TheBigestFandom) August 28, 2019Me checking Twitter to make sure that Matthew McConaughey is alright. pic.twitter.com/9Bdov6oCMN— Cameron Grant (@IAmCoolerCam101) August 28, 2019imagine walking into class and seeing matthew mcconaughey i’d just pic.twitter.com/XCH1aRZZZH— kass ! (@uzumakass) August 28, 2019please let me see Matthew McConaughey on campus this year pic.twitter.com/cE5idkOZW5— Alé (@_untALEnted) August 28, 2019Imagine walking into film class at UT and Matthew McConaughey comes in saying “Alright, alright, alright let’s get this class started” 😭😭— gabby🦋 (@gabbycast16) August 28, 2019So @McConaughey is now a Professor at UT! 🤘🏽🤣 #Texaspic.twitter.com/gWs7rHiJdr— Ashley Kamrath (@AshleyKamrath) August 29, 2019i wonder how long it’s going to take matthew mcconaughey’s students to learn how to spell his last name without google— yalitza apariciosus (@dunevillenuve) August 29, 2019Will he keep his shirt on in class?— Charlie Avallone (@AvalloneCharlie) August 29, 2019I could have been taught by Matthew motherfuckin McConaughey but ofc notLife is a tease and a hoe— Making the frogs gay™ (@ghOwOst) August 29, 2019I foresee classes filled with women of all ages sighing as one. Prof. #McConaughey— Holly Forsman (@Holly500) August 29, 2019So Matthew McConaughey is gonna be on Rate My Professor 😩 https://t.co/TCT0RyPDBV— Val 🚀✨ (@vfrancois1) August 29, 2019Matthew McConaughey is now a professor at the University of Texas, so naturally I’m quitting grad school and switching my major from nursing to film 😊— Jess🌼 (@Jess_Rene04) August 29, 2019matthew mcconaughey is going to teach film at the university of texas so i guess i’m moving to texas giddy up girls & gays 💋— isa (@angelisamariee) August 29, 2019After binge listening to Matthew McConaughey read Wonder on @calm to fall asleep I could never be a student in his classes I’d garuntee sleep through every lecture 😴😴— KJ 🥀 (@KJanineBlair) August 29, 2019Alright alright alright it’s time to waste money to move to Texas just to take Matthew McConaughey’s class ✌🏼— Margaret Anne🌻 (@AyoItsMargee) August 29, 2019OF COURSE MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY BECOMES A PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL IM TRYING TO GET INTO SO THAT IT CAN BECOME EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE OMFG pic.twitter.com/qOkkwdKtgs— dyvesa ᵕ̈ (@gIossyerim) August 29, 2019Matthew Mcconaughey is a film professor now in Texas so yeehaw i’ll catch y’all later— kimberlin (@kimberlinnnn24) August 29, 2019i would never miss a class if matthew mcconaughey was my professor https://t.co/84wT56JCuX— mac ☀️ (@_macnz) August 29, 2019So some students of film get Matthew McConaughey and you guys get me... alright? Alright. Alright! 🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/DB64eZL1l5— sarah morris (@marahsorris_cms) August 29, 2019Matthew has appeared in more than 50 films, including Magic Mike, Dazed and Confused, The Wolf of Wall Street and Dallas Buyers Club, for which he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.MORE ENTERTAINMENT... Piers Morgan Baits Hugh Grant With Mugshot Pic After Actor Labels
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