Matthew McConaughey is not only as Texan as high school football and BBQ, he’s also the sort of ambling visionary you’d want to guide you through your first ayahuasca trip. Given his vast likability and evident passion for his home state, it was probably inevitable that the idea of him running for governor would be floated at some point. And despite having said little publicly about his political leanings, McConaughey doesn’t seem opposed to the idea.
“It would be up to the people more than it would me,” McConaughey said in an interview on Tuesday. “I would say this. Look, politics seems to be a broken business to me right now. And when politics redefines its purpose, I could be a hell of a lot more interested.”