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Matthew McConaughey is excited to take on roles which "turn him on" following his Oscar win.
The 44-year-old actor won an Academy Award for his role in 'Dallas Buyers Club' earlier this year and has since been offered more work and is "embracing" the choices he now has.
Quizzed on what has changed since winning the prestigious award, he joked: "People respond 'yes' to RSVPs more often and more quickly."
And added: "What has really changed is that I am getting more scripts, I've got more choices which is great coming off of that. If anything it's giving me more opportunities, more things to choose from, which I'm embracing.
"And in the middle of getting much more I can more easily now personally ask myself 'what do I want to do that turns me on? What experience am I going to get out of it?' So yeah I am getting a lot of things."
McConaughey currently hits the small screen on crime drama 'True Detective' and insists this is probably why he's had an influx of "detective things" coming in.
He told Deadline.com: "Surprisingly a lot of detective things and that's probably off of 'True Detective' as well, but good stuff. I'm still looking for things that scare me a little bit. This one (Sea Of Trees) scares me, but in a good way."

Naomi Watts is in talks to star in 'Sea of Trees'.
The 45-year-old star is in negotiations with the film's director Gus Van Sant to star alongside 'Dallas Buyers Club' actor Matthew McConaughey in the drama set in Japan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
McConaughey has confirmed he will take on the role of an American man who meets a Japanese man in the country's infamous "Suicide Forest", also known as the "sea of trees", where people go to commit suicide.
However, instead of taking their own lives, the pair then embark on a reflective journey together.
It is unclear so far what role Watts - who most recently starred in 'Diana' - will take on in the movie.
Chris Sparling, who is set to adapt Jo Nesbo crime novel 'Blood on the Slow' for a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, wrote the script for 'Sea of Trees' while Gil Netter is set to produce.
Watts - who received an Oscar nomination for her performance in 2012's 'The Impossible' currently has three films in post-production, 'While We're Young', 'St. Vincent De Van Nuys' and 'Birdman'.

Emily Blunt broke Tom Cruise's spirit.
The 'Edge of Tomorrow' stars were shooting scenes for their new film in a small studio while wearing heavy body suits and harnesses, and she's admitted she forced the famously enthusiastic actor to admit he was struggling too.
She said: "I remember this day we were getting dropped out of this drop ship and the set was so small and we were boiling in these huge suits and there was no space and people were crashing into each other.
"And we're hanging in these harnesses with the full weight of the 85 pound suit and our body weight on our groin, which is not fun, and we're just hanging there and I look at Tom and I can just see that insatiable positivity starting to unravel.
"I looked at him and he was pouring with sweat and I just whispered, 'This really sucks', and he just looked at me and went, 'It's a challenge'. And I said, 'Tom, it sucks!' And he said, 'Alright it sucks!' I broke him. I broke his spirit."
The 31-year-old actress did all her own stunts for the sci-fi film and thinks Cruise, despite being known for always doing his own, also found it difficult to keep up with the action.
Speaking on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live', she said: "I did train a lot. You kind of want to do your own [stunts] as well so that he's [Cruise] not the only one. He was like, 'Em it's going to be hard. You've got to do your own stunts'.
"It was a challenging shoot. The heavy armoured suits, they weighed like between 85 and 100 pounds. His suit weighed about a hundred pounds, and I think this movie might be the hardest movie he's ever done."

Aaron Taylor-Johnson cried when he watched 'Godzilla'.
The 23-year-old actor stars as military man Lieutenant Ford Brody in the science fiction monster film, but he's confessed he was brought to tears by his co-stars' performances.
He said: "The first 10-15 minutes, the performance from Bryan Cranston and Juliette Binoche, I was trying to suppress and hold back tears.
"I didn't know whether I was allowed to cry, I was like, 'This is a monster movie but I can't really stop this!'"
The 'Anna Karenina' star - who is married to his 'Nowhere Boy' director Sam Taylor-Wood - admits he was hoping to watch the film for the first time in privacy, as he gets embarrassed watching himself on-screen.
He told Collider.com: "I preferred to see it just me and my wife but I can never do that without everyone going, 'OK, so you're going to have a screening with the managers and agents', and they're all behind you and you think, 'I just want to watch this on my own'.
"I feel like I just kind of need to digest it for myself."
Taylor-Johnson also revealed that despite initially being sceptical about starring in a remake of 'Godzilla' when he was approached by the director, he couldn't be more proud of the end result.
He added: "I do find it really hard to watch myself but I think, ultimately, I was able to see it in the bigger picture and I was hugely thrilled and happy.
"I'm super proud of this movie and am so happy I sat down with Gareth [Edwards] on that day and said yes."

Tom Hardy has been cast in 'True American'.
The actor will star in the crime drama directed by 'The Hurt Locker' Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow, The Wrap reports.
The rights to the film were acquired by Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, who outbid several other production companies for the A-list package deal of Hardy and Bigelow.
Apparently, Warner Bros. made an offer on behalf of Eric Roth, while Scott Stuber wanted it for Fox for Scott Cooper.
Imagine also chased the project for Universal and New Regency sought it for Darren Aronofsky.
The film is an adaptation of Anand Giridharadas' non-fiction book 'The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas'.
It tells the story of the shattered lives of two very different men; Bangladesh Air Force officer Raisuddin Bhuiyan, and self-proclaimed "American terrorist", Mark Stroman, who shoots in a bid for revenge in the wake of 9/11.
Ten years after the incident, Bhuiyan decides to forgive jailed Stroman and starts a campaign to have his attacker spared of the death penalty.
Bigelow hasn't been attached to a project since 'Zero Dark Thirty', but Hardy has an extremely bust year ahead.
He is due to star in Doug Liman's 'Splinter Cell' and Michael Gracey's Elton John biopic 'Rocketman', as well as Brian Helgeland's 'Legend'.

Edgar Ramirez will replace Gerard Butler in 'Point Break'.
The 37-year-old actor is in talks with production company Alcon over the role of Bodhi - a part originally played by 'Dirty Dancing' hunk Patrick Swayze in the classic 1991 surfer heist - after Gerard Butler pulled out at the last minute, reports Variety.
Producers had less than a month to find a replacement for the '300' star who exited the film over unnamed "creative differences" and conflicting schedules.
The 44-year-old actor - who is filming 'Olympus Has Fallen' in London this autumn - was unable to take part in the lengthy 'Point Break' shoot which begins in June and is expected to last several months in a number of international locations.
Along with Edgar, Ray Winstone has been added to the cast in the role Agent Pappas, the partner of FBI agent Johnny Utah, played by 'Home And Away' star Luke Bracey.
In a new twist, 'Point Break' will be updated from a surfer-scene setting to the world of extreme sports.
'Salt' and 'Total Recall' writer Kurt Wimmer has been called in to pen the script, with Alcon's Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove producing alongside John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Wimmer.

Roberto Orci is to direct 'Star Trek 3'. The screenwriter-and-producer is reportedly in talks with Skydance and Paramount to make his directorial debut on the next installment of the sci-fi franchise, Variety reports. Orci and his writing partner Ale...

Jon Hamm found filming in India a "challenge" because of the heat.
The 'Mad Men' star was shooting new Disney movie 'Million Dollar Arm' with Boston Legal's' Lake Bell but struggled to cope with filming under the summer sun with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius.
The 43-year-old actor was forced to ignore the advice of Bollywood stars - who refuse to film outdoors during the height of summer - and continued to film in the extreme temperatures due to time constrictions.
He told Collider.com: "It was a challenging shoot. May in India is literally the hottest month. So much so that all the Bollywood movies basically shut down and move indoors. They don't even shoot outside in May. They were looking at us like, 'No, no, no.' No one shoots outside in May, you'll die, you'll melt, your camera won't work. But we were like we are going to do it because this is the time we have and it was challenging."
Unfortunately for Jon and his 'Million Dollar Arm' team, the group struggled with more than just the heat during their stint in India, with many of the film crew falling ill with digestive problems over the course of the trip.
He said: "There's a whole other culinary situation going on over there as well. Where if you are not careful you can have a situation in this part. We had a few guys go down with code brown. Which was not so great. I fortunately did not. I was rock solid."

Oscar Isaac hosts 'Star Wars' parties.
The 35-year-old actor was confirmed for the cast of 'Star Wars: Episode VII' last month and he's confessed he can't wait to get started with filming, as he and his family have always been massive fans of the sci-fi movies.
Speaking at a press conference for his new film 'The Two Faces of January' at London's Corinthia Hotel, he told BANG Showbiz: "It's incredibly exciting because I grew up with a family of huge, huge fans.
"My uncle and cousin collect the toys and we'd have Star Wars parties."
The 'Inside Llewyn Davis' star - whose character in the next instalment of the franchise has yet to be revealed - admitted his family couldn't believe it when he announced he'd been offered a role alongside returning cast members Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.
He added: "So when I told them, they had the biggest nerd-gasm. There was literally nothing I could have possibly said, or will ever say, that can top that."
Harrison Ford will revisit his role as Han Solo while Mark Hamill will return as Luke Skywalker.
'Star Wars: Episode VII' is set for release in late 2015 while 'The Two Faces of January' will be in cinemas across the United Kingdom on May 16.