读读奥斯卡影帝马修·麦康纳的自传
刚读完 Matthew McConaughey 的自传 Greenlights。
读第一页就被吸引：
一是觉得他很真诚实在，二是喜欢这样口语化的语言风格。
Matthew 很喜欢「thousands of could have done betters」这样的写法，把动词、短语小句用作名词，书中还出现了：
- These are my sights and seens, felts and figured outs, cools and shamefuls.”
- Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets trying to dance between the raindrops.
- They all heavily protested my evacuation, but I had no choice. Time for goodbyes instead of see you laters.
再贴几个小句，感受下他的语言风格顺便还能学点英语。
- Honest first impressions were a thing of the past. That check had been cashed.（今夕不同往日，回不去了）
- Well...I'd like to put some Wite-Out over that last conversation.（Wite-Out 是涂改液，这里是说刚才说的有不恰当的地方，想撤回）
- Good looks don't cook the dinner, but they'll get you a seat at the table, and I was determined to take advantage of any seat I could get.（颜值不一定能当饭吃，但颜值高一定容易混饭吃）。
50 岁的他从过往的日记中重新认识自己，looking back to look forward。
书名叫 Greenlights 有很多寓意，除了讲自己的故事，我想他最想传递的信息是：有些事情无法避免，但既然已经发生，我们就要学会接受和应对——Navigating the autobahn of life in the best way possible is about getting relative with the inevitable at the right time.
Matthew 是我非常欣赏的一位演员，前段时间还看了 Dallas Buyer's Club 和 The Gentlemen。通过读这本书知道他是个戏痴，要演就好好演，尊重角色做好十足的准备。他也是个非常自知的，提醒自己别因名利而上头，时刻关注自己身心健康——the art of livin。他写日记写诗，去教堂，为了一场梦去探险，把家庭放在第一位。越成功越清醒，在我心中他是位真正的 gentleman。
他说自己天生乐观——I have a lot of proof that the world is conspiring to make me happy. 全书印象最深的还有这句：The arrow doesn't seek the target, the target draws the arrow.
我们做事如此，做人也一样。那些前辈、榜样已经在那里，如果我们能从他们的作品和分享中获得一点鼓励和启发，那就也朝那个目标努力。那些红灯黄灯都会成为绿灯，享受 living，也时刻提醒自己把生活是个动词——just keep livin。
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