Matthew Mcconaughey helped 'Dallas Buyers Club' win big at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards last night (18.01.14).

The star picked up the prize for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role as AIDs patient Ron Woodroof in the biographical drama, and he told people to ''just keep living'' in his acceptance speech.

He said: ''There's a man I met 20 years ago. He escaped Russia. He was not even a carpenter, built a 17-foot boat and sailed across the Atlantic for decades he held the world record for smallest vessel single-man sailed across the Atlantic.

''He told me this, he said, 'A genius can be anybody he wants to, but a genius is always one person at a time.' So to that I say, that's what we get to do, isn't it?

''One man, one woman, one human. At a time. When we do it well. Just keep doing that. Just keep living.''

Matthew's co-star Jared Leto also picked up an award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role thanks to his performance in the movie.

20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey, 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett, 'Blue Jasmine'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto, 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o, '12 Years A Slave'

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - 'American Hustle'

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture - 'Lone Survivor'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series - Bryan Cranston, 'Breaking Bad'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Maggie Smith, 'Downton Abbey'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series - Ty Burrell, 'Modern Family'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series - Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, 'Veep'

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - 'Breaking Bad'

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series - 'Modern Family'

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Michael Douglas, 'Behind the Candelabra'

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Helen Mirren, 'Phil Spector'

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series - 'Game Of Thrones'