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\"Twenty-eight years ago you thought you might just have a little three-day job for a summer hobby,\" he concluded. \"Twenty-eight years later, I still got a little summer job that turned into a career.\"

\"Dazed and Confused,\" a 1993 coming-of-age movie from director Richard Linklater, follows a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976.

It's famous for giving McConaughey his iconic \"alright, alright, alright\" catchphrase as well as a cast that would go on to become big stars, including McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich and more.

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