Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey hinted that he may run for governor of Texas, potentially adding politician to his list of careers.
In a podcast on Wednesday, the Texas-born actor called the possibility a “true consideration.”
“I’m not asking a question,” Rania Mankarious, host of podcast The Balanced Voice, said. “Don’t comment, but should your next leadership role ever include you running for governor of this wonderful state, we’d be very happy here, but don’t answer that. I’m not asking that.”
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“Right, I hear ya. It’s a true consideration,” McConaughey said.
The 51-year-old, who currently lives in Austin and is a father of three, appeared on the podcast to discuss his book, Greenlights, which aims to give advice to readers based on his life experiences.
When asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in November if he would ever “run for anything,” McConaughey said, “I don’t know. I mean, that wouldn’t be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would me. 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.”
“No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, or as I said earlier, denomination, we have broken those social contracts,” the actor continued. “We don’t trust each other, and that leads to us not trust in ourselves, which if that becomes, if that becomes epidemic, then we’ve got anarchy.”
Over the years, McConaughey has been unclear about his political leanings and specific policy ideas, taking a more middle-ground approach.
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A potential gubernatorial bid wouldn’t be the actor’s first foray outside the world of acting. In 2019, McConaughey joined the faculty at University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communications as a professor of practice in the department of radio, television, and film.
