Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Press Conference

Talk about the movie stardom ride. Is it what you expected? How’s it going?
Matthew McConaughey: "I never had an expectation."

Jennifer Garner: "Neither did I."

Matthew McConaughey: "Because I didn’t know what the hell it was about and didn’t expect it. I didn’t even know I was going to be acting until I was 21. I like how it’s going.

I’m happy. I love my job. I’m starting to like it more, actually, than I used to. I think one, because I understand it a little bit better. I understand where and how my job’s more like the rest of my life and I also understand where it’s different and where it’s separate. Sometimes I want it to be very seamless with where I am in my own life at that time. Other times, I want it to be a complete trip for me, a journey away from where I am. So I’m enjoying it."

What about the attention?

Matthew McConaughey: "The attention? I don’t have much of a strong opinion on that because...and I think I know what you’re getting at. You said public eye and you said attention, because it’s inevitable and I personally don’t choose to go, I’m not going to retreat or go hide out."

Jennifer Garner: "You are very chill about it."

Matthew McConaughey: "I don’t get emotional."

Jennifer Garner: "It doesn’t bother you. You don’t let it bother you."

Matthew McConaughey: "Appears, like you would [be] on the set with the girl.

No, I mean, something is inevitable unless I can work on changing some laws."

Jennifer Garner: "Mm hmm, yeah."

Matthew McConaughey: "Unless you can handle it in a legal way... I go ahead and just don’t advertise it but take a breath and just go do what you do anyway."

Jennifer Garner: "Oh, the movie stardom ride? I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life. Even when I was studying acting, I wouldn’t even go into the film school of my school. I was only about stage. I was a total snob. And then when I moved to New York and was trying to get a job on stage and was broke and got offered a TV movie, I was like, 'Hot dog, put me in front of that camera. Let’s do it!' So now that it has continued to evolve, I too love my job. And just looking at it as a working mom, there are a lot of great things about what I do as a mom. I work really intensely for a while, but in a way and in a place where people are very respectful of my and of my kids. And if I need to take a break and feed a baby, they let me, which isn’t always the case for women in the corporate world. I have help and I have the support that I need. I have a great partner in raising kids and he’s super involved and there with me. And then I just got to take nine months off from work, which who gets to do that? So it’s so far so good."

How important is it to change it up? Like if this is a hit, would they force you to do another romantic comedy together? What about The Lincoln Lawyer?

Matthew McConaughey: "You’ve always seemed to do things different."

Jennifer Garner: "What’s The Lincoln Lawyer?"

Matthew McConaughey: "Lincoln Lawyer’s a very cool Michael Connelly book, courtroom, defense attorney gets a client..."

Jennifer Garner: "Oh, that’s cool. You didn’t have anything decided on last time I saw you."

Matthew McConaughey: "Yeah. To answer your question on my side, that’s, well, one, because of interest but two, yeah, I’m going to do that and I’ve got another thing with Bob Benton that’s a political drama about LBJ. Then I’ve got a wild ass comedy called The Crackle. So keeping my eyes open for good comedies that have romance like this. This is a really good one and I like doing them and they’re fun and I’ve had some success with them. That’s pretty cool. But you’ve always kind of changed. I wouldn’t be able to connect you to a genre."

Jennifer Garner: "It depends. I’ve been lucky to be able to change because I did become known out of the gate so much for action that I’m really happy that I didn’t get stuck there. But yeah, you guys have probably heard me say before, the whole point to me of being an actor is to get to do different things or else you might as well just go to an office and show up every day. Of course, you’re always looking for how to flip it for yourself, as well as how can I surprise people. That’s the fun."

Jennifer, reflect on motherhood now with the second one at home.

Jennifer Garner: "Same thing but crazier… No, everything is going really well, thank you very much. Everybody is happy, healthy and it feels like it’s only one more but it feels like three more…I don’t know if you any of you… Yeah? Okay, good, then you know what I mean."

Then it doesn’t get any easier after the first?

Jennifer Garner: "The second child is easier. The experience is easier with the second, but the overall thing is just chaos…happy chaos."