Actor Matthew McConaughey has recalled that no one was willing to cast him in Hollywood after he rejected romantic comedies.

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McConaughey made a name for himself in Hollywood through romantic films such as "The Wedding Planner", "Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past" and "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days".

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However, in order to move away from the generic image, he once even turned down a $14.5 million offer for a rom-com.

Now, during an appearance in "The Brian Buffini Show", the actor said he is glad that the self-imposed exile had worked in his favour, reports contactmusic.com.

He said: "Now, 14 months go by after that six months where nothing comes in, I call my agent every other day, `What do you got?` `Buddy, no one is even mentioning your name. I bring up your name they say, `Don`t even want to talk about it`."

The actor continued: "Now I`m going, `I may have just taken a one-way ticket out of Hollywood. I may never work in Hollywood again`. But I had a hunch that I was like with each day -- You know when you go and you endure something and you`re taking a pennant, with each day you build a little bit more honour and strength to drag it into this, the less it`s even going to be a possibility of me going back. I was not going back."

McConaughey, who won an Oscar as Best Actor for the biopic drama "Dallas Buyers Club", further shared: "Guess who is now a new novel good idea for dramatic roles like `Killer Joe`, `Mud`, `Paperboy`, `Bernie`, `True Detective`, `Dallas Buyers Club`, `Magic Mike`? Me. I found anonymity in the 20 months."

"I turned into, `Where the hell`s McConaughey? He`s not in a rom-com in the theatre in front of me. He`s not in a rom-com in my living room. I`m not seeing him shirtless on the beach, where the hell is he? I don`t know what he`s doing`."

"I found anonymity. I unbranded, and then when those came to me, the scripts came to me that I want to do that dramatic fair, I attacked it with fangs instead and just ate it up, because I knew what I wanted to do, but it was the unbranding. It was the go find anonymity again," he added.

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