He was once the king of rom-coms so it's hardly surprising that Matthew McConaughey has defended the romantic comedy genre.
The 44-year-old How to Lose a Guy in 10 days actor insists criticism of rom-coms is "completely unfair."
Speaking to GQ, McConaughey said: "These things aren't easy. What's hard is to make them look easy.
"Those kinds of movies are what they are. They get pooh-poohed by critics. They get pooh-poohed by actors themselves. And in a way I get it, but in other ways it's completely unfair.
"There's a buoyancy you need to make them work. I believe I gave them buoyancy. And some of the shoots were very difficult, with me trying to fight for the balls on the guy."
He continued: "What's a romantic comedy? Boy meets girl. They get together. Something happens. Girl takes off. Boy chases girl. They get back together. The end."
He continued: "A lot of times the male is somewhat emasculated, meaning he has to crawl back and say, 'I'm nothing without you. If you don't take me back, I'm nothing.' And I was always like, 'What girl wants that guy?'
"I've got no problem saying, 'I'm sorry. You want to give this another shot?' But I've got to come back with some integrity even if it's on a moped with a veil on my head. Look, I'm happy if you think I 'cruised through' those. I did my work."
