So the few that stand the test of time are truly fascinating.

She, however, remembers it differently.

“I did not know who he was,” she toldAccess(viaPeople).

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at SXSW

“At the time he had a really long beard, and he had this rasta hat.

He was all covered up, and I didn’t really realize who he was.”

It wasn’t until Lance Armstrong came over that Alves realized who she was talking to.

Camila Avles looking at Matthew McConaughey

Upon figuring it out, she immediately decided she needed to get across the room away from them.

But it does get better,kinda.

Apparently, that line works when you’ve gotDazed and Confusedunder your belt.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a benefit event

Cooking at home, he later dished toCollider,is his ideal date.

“I’m cooking it.

My date’s cooking it.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a film festival

And we’re trying to make it last as long as possible,” he explained.

But it didn’t quite feel right.

“Hopefully live our life out together.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves with a shovel

She needs to have 50 percent of that.”

The result was a custom-built four-bedroom, three-bathroom home on just over an acre in Malibu’s Point Dume.

According toDirt, the couple gave the property a massive remodel after it was purchased in 2007.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves with their children

At the time, the home cost just over $10 million.

They sold it to movie producer Phil Lord in August 2020 for a reported $14.8 million.

This was in addition to their then 17-month-old, Levi McConaughey.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a gala in 2019

Honestly, not today.

I don’t have any plans for it."

Though he did say the institution could be “very, very healthy.”

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a gala in 2018

Alves, apparently, was on the same page.

I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married."

At least, Camila’s did.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a coffee shop

“It took her going, ‘C’mon, Big Boy, Mr. Easygoing-We’ll-Get-to-It-When-We-Get-to-It.

Maybe not so merry for hopeful fans around the world who thought they might still have a chance.

But, presumably, merry for the couple.

Matthew McConaughey children

Aside from being on the cover ofPeople, of course.

Among the celebs in attendance wereReese Witherspoon, Kenny Chesney, and Woody Harrelson.

They were ring bearer and flower girl, respectively, and part of a full catholic ceremony.

Camila Alves hugging Matthew McConaughey from behind

And his ability to stay faithful is undoubtedly a big reason why.

It showed the family side of the actor that’s often left out of theMagic Mikemystique.

In a 2019 feature on the couple,E!

Matthew McConaughey Gold

I like being under her spell.

I don’t want to break that spell.”

Though in context, this sounds like a metaphor for allowing his career to take off.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a premier in 2016

Dropping the self-deprecation for a moment, Alves revealed that their formula isn’t anything all that groundbreaking.

“We cook together,” she shared.

Their other secret: staycations.

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves at a soccer event in 2019

Alves disclosed the couple will often abscond to a hotel near their home for some quiet and alone time.

To hear McConaughey tell it, having them there made all the difference.

Go do your work, get obsessed with that.

Matthew McConaughey Just Keep Livin’

I got your back.'

So it makes the whole process so much more enjoyable," he toldEntertainment Tonight.

McConaughey said on theThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.

But if you’re Matthew McConaughey, that doesn’t necessarily mark the end of the breeding line.

And he quickly added, “My wife’s not on the same page.”

“And then I’ll get pregnant again and I’ll forget about it.

Then on my third one I said I’m not getting pregnant again.

I’m doing this as a business.”

And, according to McConaughey, it’s helped turn around lives in a positive manner.

“They’ll become valedictorian, get a scholarship, graduate, and land a great job.”