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Inside the Actors Studio Books Matthew McConaughey and Amy Adams for February Chats

Exclusive: Find out when the two Oscar nominees will sit down when James Lipton

By Chris Harnick Jan 30, 2014 3:00 PMTags
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Alright, alright, alright: Inside the Actors Studio is getting a dose of Matthew McConaughey. E! News can exclusively reveal the Oscar nominee for Dallas Buyers Club and American Hustle's Amy Adams will sit down with James Lipton for the long-running Bravo series.

Oscar nominee Adams sits down first on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. then McConaughey takes the seat on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m.

"The period leading up to the Oscar's is always our busiest time of the year, possibly because so many of our guests have wound up holding the treasured trophy," Lipton said in a statement. "This year is no exception. Bruce Dern's Inside the Actors Studio episode has recently aired. Amy Adams's episode and Matthew McConaughey's episode will air on consecutive nights, Feb. 19th and 20th.Three great new episodes and three great Oscar candidates. Our Actors Studio Drama School students will be cheering loudly and proudly on Oscar night."

To tide you over until the episode airs, some choice quotables from McConaughey's interview:

 "I didn't say ‘Who is that'...I said ‘What is that?'" - McConaughey's thoughts when he first laid eyes on wife, Camila Alves.
 
"I thought to myself, 'My career is going well, I'm enjoying it…but my real life—the adventures and the excitement and the vitality of my real life—was just so much more.'"- McConaughey on his decision to embark on more serious roles.
 
"'I'm dying.' Those two words, I'm D-Y-I-N-G…I didn't expect it but it just…it hit me…not a like gut punch, a soul punch."- McConnaughey referring to the line that was the most powerful personal moment in his acting career while filming Dallas Buyers Club.

(E! and Bravo are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)