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"Matthew McConaughey has confessed that he earned less money than usual for his role in The Lincoln Lawyer.  The 41-year-old revealed that he would have received a bigger paycheque for starring in a romantic comedy, but felt the need to step out of the genre and tackle a project by which he was genuinely &amp;quot;excited&amp;quot;.  Contactmusic quotes him as saying: &amp;quot;The role came around to me. But I will say I made less money than a romantic comedy. So that is a measure of saying that not many movies like this can get made.  &amp;quot;This was something I was really excited about doing and something I didn&amp;#039;t feel like I had done before. I was reading some other scripts and some of them were rom-coms and I just didn&amp;#039;t feel like doing that right now. I may do them again. I just didn&amp;#039;t feel like doing them right now.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;I loved the consequences that were in this movie. I love the traps the guy was in. I wanted to be the guy getting out of those traps.&amp;quot; The Lincoln Lawyer, which also stars Ryan Phillippe and Marisa Tomei, is currently playing in UK and US cinemas.  &amp;gt; McConaughey: &amp;#039;Frustration doesn&amp;#039;t control me&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Follow @dsatthemovies on Twitter for our latest movie news, reviews and interviews "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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