Matthew McConaughey says 'holding on' tightly to 'blue or red flag pole' isn’t the way 'forward' with politics

Matthew McConaughey recalled what inspired him to consider running for governor of Texas during an interview with Fox News Digital.

"Giving a wondering about, 'Hey, what are we doing? What's going on with us as, as a people, as a state, how we're getting along, where have we gone awry?'" the "Greenlights" author said. "What's the role of politics in the world? Is it still serving democracy, which I think it should in America."

"What's the role of politics in the world? Is it still serving democracy, which I think it should in America," McConaughey continued. "Studying into two parties, seeing a loss of values, actually, because seeing people on both sides of the aisle, either side of the aisle, rather, holding on so tightly to their blue or red flag pole that their whole identities almost sometimes seems to be based on the invalidation of the other, instead of the validation of their own vision."