Green Light
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Summary
At eighteen, he spent a year as an exchange student with a strange host family in Australia, and has been a vegetarian ever since.
In his twenties he debuted as an actor while converting a 1996 GMC Savana van and setting off on a road trip from Canada to Guatemala, crossing forty-eight U.S. states.
Twice, because of a dream, he went without hesitation to the Amazon and the African continent of his dreams, casting aside all social identity to experience the raw state of a human being as an independent individual.
As his acting career flourished, he turned down romantic comedies he had no interest in, gave up a $14.5 million fee, and went half a year without a single paycheck—all to declare his determination to reinvent himself and take on the films he truly wanted to make.
At forty-three, he starred in Dallas Buyers Club, losing twenty-two kilograms in five months to play a man with AIDS, and won the Best Actor Oscar for his superb performance.
At fifty, he went to the raw desert of Texas and lived in seclusion for fifty-two days, writing this book, Greenlights, in utter solitude.
He believes one must benefit oneself before benefiting others. He holds that only within strict discipline and deep love can people learn respect, responsibility, creativity, courage, perseverance, fairness, service, humor, and the spirit of adventure. One must always keep a dialogue with oneself in order to sharply and resolutely find what truly matters, turn every obstacle into an opportunity, and keep moving, persevering, never stopping. This is Matthew McConaughey's "greenlights" philosophy.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in unconventional success stories and deep life reflection
- Matthew McConaughey fans who want to know his real thoughts and experiences beyond the screen
- Explorers at a crossroads in life, seeking inspiration and the courage to act
- Readers who enjoy a blend of memoir, philosophical essay, and adventure story
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting conventional linear narrative or chronological celebrity gossip
- Readers seeking get-rich-quick or step-by-step success manuals
Reading tips
- You don't have to read in order; follow the book's "greenlights" theme and jump to the life episodes that interest you.
- Keep a notebook handy and record the "collisions" and "turns" in the book that resonate with you personally.
- Treat the book as a conversation, and consider how McConaughey's "greenlights" philosophy relates to your own life circumstances.
About the publisher
Zhejiang People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher known for its social science, history and foreign literature titles, covering philosophy, politics, law, economics, culture and history. Among the books in the library catalogue, its foreign literature list includes Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country and The Old Capital in well-known translations, as well as Wuthering Heights; its history list is represented by Dangnian Mingyue's Ming Dynasty series, and its politics list by Zhejiang New Discourse. Authors represented include Yasunari Kawabata, Ye Weiqu, Tang Yuemei, Dangnian Mingyue, Emily Brontë and René Wellek, with Wellek's Theory of Literature (newly revised edition) among its titles in literary theory. Beyond these areas, the press also publishes works on literary appreciation and social culture, giving it a profile that combines classic translations, popular history and academic works. As publicly available information is limited, other details are not covered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 引言
- 第1章 亡命之徒的逻辑
- 一九七四年，一个星期三的夜晚
- 第2章 寻找你的频率
- 一九九八年春天
- 第3章 沙土路与高速路
- 一九九八年春天
- 第4章 “下坡”的艺术
- 一九九四年一月
- 第5章 开启新篇章
- 一九九九年十月二十三日
- 第6章 箭不寻靶，靶引箭
- 二〇〇五年三月
- 第7章 勇于攀登
- 二〇〇八年秋
- 第8章 践行你的传承
- 二〇一一年十一月七日
- 附
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About the author
Matthew McConaughey is an American actor whose name is often classified under foreign literature in Chinese library materials. At present, the library holds only one work by him, Greenlights. Because public information is limited, this entry does not offer further details about his life, education, or awards. Based on the available information, Greenlights is presented as a memoir that recounts personal experiences and reflections on life, with a conversational narrative voice and a strong introspective quality; readers often regard it as an essay-like work about growth, choices, and self-understanding. The book has drawn attention among Chinese readers and has led them to notice another side of McConaughey beyond acting. Overall, the library's materials remain insufficient, and judgments about his writing style and literary standing still require more works and criticism.
Jin Tingting is a book author whose work spans a number of fields. Public information about her is limited, and her nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the nineteen works held in the collection, her writing and translation interests range across foreign literature, biography, management, science fiction, inspirational growth, and applied psychology. Representative works include The Diary of Anne Frank (Moti Classics, Vol. 9), What I Have Lived For: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, The Ride of a Lifetime, The Monk and the Robot's Wanderings, I Could Be Wrong, The Science of Writing a Good Story, The Book of Disquiet: For an Age of Anxiety, and Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up Draco Malfoy. These works cover diverse subjects, presenting classic diaries and autobiographies while also addressing narrative technique, anxiety, and personal growth, which shows her broad engagement with both literature and popular psychology.
