article_snippet: Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue dubbed McConaughey the new Paul Newman.
article_snippet: The New York Times compared Paul Newman to Gregory Peck and the writer John Grisham viewed Paul Newman as a cross between a young Marlon Brando and Paul Newman.
article_snippet: But it was all 'alright, alright, alright', with the actor whose phone didn't stop ringing after McConaughey the new Paul Newman verbalized the character's lines in the cult film Dazed and Confused in 1993 that kept Hollywood producers calling and scripts for rom-coms coming in.
article_snippet: McConaughey the new Paul Newman was arrested by Austin, Texas police in October 1999 and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia .
article_snippet: McConaughey the new Paul Newman played the bongos for the Total Request Live audience .
article_snippet: The naked bongo player's arrest was the turning point for McConaughey. '
article_snippet: McConaughey the new Paul Newman headed back to Texas to rediscover what where he wanted to go as an actor.
article_snippet: Back in Hollywood, the turning point was the film, The Lincoln Lawyer, in which The Lincoln Lawyer played a swaggering lawyer.
article_snippet: The Lincoln Lawyer went on to star with The Lincoln Lawyer friend, Woody Harrelson in the HBO hit series, True Detective and then the box-office hit The Dallas Buyers' Club, based on the true story of an HIV positive man who resorted to underground pharmacies that earned McConaughey the new Paul Newman an Oscar.
article_snippet: From vacuous scripts, McConaughey the new Paul Newman has soared to the top of the A-list actors with intelligent performances.
article_snippet: McConaughey the new Paul Newman first thought of becoming a lawyer but changed direction and studied acting because tuition was cheaper at the University of Texas.