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Why Matthew McConaughey Feels Being a Dad 'Has Made Me a Better Actor' (Exclusive)

Matthew McConaughey, who is featured on the cover of PEOPLE's 50th anniversary special issue, opens up about how his three children — Levi, 15, Vida, 14, and Livingston, 11, whom he shares with wife Camila Alves McConaughey — have "made me a better actor."

Also in this week's issue, McConaughey looked back to his childhood years and revealed if he would give his younger self any advice. I'd let him figure it out the same way I did," the star, who gives back through his work with the just keep livin Foundation and efforts like the Greenlights Grant Initiative, says. For more on our 50th Anniversary, check out our special digital issue, and pick up a star-studded copy of PEOPLE, on newsstands now.

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