McConaughey discussed the boundaries he set with his mother, Kay, at the start of his career.
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"I tried to change my mom," he told Kramer."For eight years her and I had an estranged relationship where I couldn't have more than a conversation of, 'Hi, Mom, doing good. Love you. Bye.' Anything she asked me, I couldn't tell her personally because she didn't have a governor, she'd go to the press. She showed up on, taking people to my childhood room, showing people, 'This is where he lost his virginity.
"What I tried to pull off was I'm going to give you more information to see if I can trust you with it again," he said."And it was like quit trying to prove that point, just don't give it to them. Don't give them that much. That's where our relationship is, and let's make it healthy and fun with what our relationship can handle."
"No, it's not shallow," he said."There's a lot of people, friends and relationships in my life that I think are better, that I have at an arm's length. We don't need full, all detail, all access intimacy with all people in our life. There's some people I like running into, that's where we're best."
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