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Actor Matthew McConaughey joined Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) on Friday at the National Governors' Association. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) asked McConaughey if he has considered running for elected office.

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Transcript
00:00Please, Governor Murphy.
00:03Hey, Spencer, Matthew, I'm told that Tammy and I enjoyed your tequila last night with
00:09you and Camilla.
00:10I can't recall any of it, but I have proof visually and orally.
00:16It was great.
00:17We did have a good time.
00:18It's really good.
00:19I know that much.
00:21Two questions.
00:22You've thought about you've thought about elected office.
00:24Would love to hear if that's something that's still on your dance card.
00:28And secondly, who's your favorite director of all time that you've worked with?
00:33Great.
00:34Yes, I have thought about running for political office, getting into this category.
00:41I'm on a on a learning tour and have been for probably the last six years of understanding
00:46what this category means, what is the what it what it what it takes.
00:49Do I have the.
00:54Instincts and intellect that it would be a good fit for me and I would be a good fit
00:59for it.
01:00That would be useful.
01:01I'm still on that learning tour and, you know, days like this.
01:05I'm learning a lot.
01:06Last night I learned a lot.
01:07I learned a lot from you last night through those through that tequila, sir.
01:11Let me just tell you, whatever you learned from Phil last night, you might want to just.
01:19I'm just kidding.
01:20I'm just kidding.
01:21Whatever he's learned from Philly, you can discover.
01:24Yes.
01:25Governor Murphy, it is something that I've been thinking about, something that I have
01:29a great reverence for.
01:33My favorite director that I've worked with, do, do, do, do, do.
01:36Well, Richard Linklater, I've worked with three times and he gave me my first shot in
01:40a film called Dazing of Views in 1990.
01:43Yeah.
01:44All right.
01:45All right.
01:46All right.
01:47All right.
01:48All right.
01:49All right.
01:50All right.
01:51All right.
01:52All right.
01:53All right.
01:54All right.
01:55There it is.
01:56All right.
01:57First three words I ever said on film.
01:58First three words I ever said on film.
01:59People go all the time.
02:00Doesn't it upset you?
02:01Aren't you tired of being introduced with that?
02:02And I said, no, I know the author.
02:03That is my first day on the job.
02:07I thought that was going to be my one acting day of my life, a little hobby on a weekend.
02:10Turned out to be a career 36 years later, so I have no problem hearing that.
02:14None of us remember the first three words we said as governor, so I'm impressed.
02:19I also tell you, my staff said that they would electroshock me if I introduced you with those
02:24three words, so I've been holding back the whole time.

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