Even celebrities have celebrity role models!
In a recent interview with GQ, Cole Hauser, 49, said that he looks to two familiar faces for wellness inspiration, revealing that Matt Damon, 53, and Matthew McConaughey, 54, have not only impacted his career, but his health as well.
“I’ve just noticed with [Damon and McConaughey], throughout their whole lives, they’ve always done something to take care of themselves,” the Yellowstone actor said. “Even if they’re having a good time and having a few drinks, they’re running it out the next day.”
Hauser, who currently stars as Rip Wheeler in Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount hit, has worked with both actors on various projects throughout the years.
“Matthew [McConaughey], he eats great—I don’t think he even drinks caffeine,” he said. “And Matty [Damon], he’s always stayed in great shape. When we did School Ties together in the early ‘90s, he was one of the better players out there on the [football] field.”
Though he’s been in Hollywood for decades, Hauser said he’s been able to avoid the major pitfalls that some of his peers fell victim to, like alcohol and drugs. Though, he admitted, he does drink “here and there.”
“The thing is that I’m in a game where you have to have your faculties,” he said. “The idea that I would be out of it in some way and not be able to think—acting is very heady, and if you’re not sharp as a whip, you’re not going to be as good as you want to be. So that’s probably why I didn’t care for it.”
As Yellowstone nears its highly anticipated end, Hauser told GQ that working with Sheridan has been an “honor.”
“I wanted to bring back the American man and loyalty and honesty and love and strength. It’s a part of me and Taylor [Sheridan],” he said. “He helped me with the writing of it, but he allowed me to play and explore. I’m obviously very honored to have someone who cares enough to do that. But I’m just glad it’s touched so many people. That’s the intention at the end of the day, right?”