【】Late Night with Seth Meyers

Having an Aussie accent in America can really play to your advantage. It's cute, it's unusual, it's got that。 Crocodile Dundee。vibe.。

It's no wonder then that Matthew McConaughey faked an Australian accent after returning home from living Down Under for one year between high school and college. 。

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McConaughey pulled the accent for almost 12 months while he was studying at the University of Texas at Austin, he told Seth Meyers Friday on。 Late Night with Seth Meyers。Late Night with Seth Meyers。

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Thanks for signing up!。 Why? He was doing it to impress women, of course. "The ladies kinda were [into it] ... which is why I was doing it," he said. 。Not done with Australia just yet, McConaughey voices a koala in the new film  。

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, but he didn't attempt the accent this time around.。

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"It would've been a little too literal. I decided not to," he said. 。

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To be honest, judging by his interview with Meyers, McConaughey has a pretty dodgy Australian accent. But maybe no one knew better -- how many real Aussies can you run into in Austin anyway?

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