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    Stop What You're Doing And Watch Matthew McConaughey's "Dazed And Confused" Audition

    Also, learn the true origin of "all right, all right, all right."

    Matthew McConaughey got his big break in the seminal, 1993 coming-of-age film Dazed and Confused, playing skirt and booze chasing David Wooderson.

    Yes, the catchphrase the actor used throughout the 2014 awards season, during which he was nominated for Dallas Buyers' Club, actually originated in this two-decades-old movie!

    And now, thanks to a new Criterion Collection release of director Richard Linklater's movie, fans can watch the audition that kickstarted McConaughey's career.

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    Gramercy Pictures/The Criterion Collection

    IN A HEADBANGERS BALL T-SHIRT, NO LESS!

    While he doesn't spout the three words that have become his catchphrase, you can hear a fresh-faced McConaughey deliver his oft-quoted mantra about high school girls.