Hollywood actor Kurt Russell described himself as a "hardcore libertarian" during an interview this week while promoting his upcoming role in Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight."

Speaking with journalist Marlow Stern, Russell began by breaking down his recent comments on gun control that received widespread media coverage following the San Bernardino terror attack.

"[The interviewer] got into the whole thing about how gun control was somehow going to fix terrorism, and I was like, 'Dude, I just don't get that thinking!'" the actor said. "I just didn't get where he was going saying that gun control was a magic wand of fixing the situation with terrorism. That isn't going to stop them from what they want to do."

Delving into his experience as a staunch libertarian actor in liberal Hollywood, Russell explained how unlike many others, his political views have drawn heavily from America's Founding Fathers.