( CNN ) It 's safe to say Matthew McConaughey nailed it during his audition for `` Dazed and Confused . '' We already know the actor went on to become a superstar who immortalized the words `` All right , all right , all right , '' but thanks to the wonders of the Internet , we can watch the magic begin during his tryout for the film . A video of McConaughey 's audition is making the rounds in honor of the Criterion release of the 1993 Richard Linklater film . There 's the young actor looking majorly relaxed ( he is playing a stoner , after all ) and tossing off lines like `` That 's what I love about high school girls , man . I keep getting older , but they stay the same age . '' Here are some other stars who also set out to wow casting directors with their takes on characters . Robert De Niro auditions for 'The Godfather ' De Niro did n't snag the role of Sonny Corleone ( that went to James Caan ) in the epic film , but we suspect that director Francis Ford Coppola saw something he liked in the then-lesser known performer , as De Niro was cast as the young Vito Corleone in `` The Godfather II . '' Scarlett Johansson 's 'Jumanji ' audition . Even as a little girl , Johansson had star power and beauty . She makes going out for the role of Judy Shepherd look effortless ( though the part eventually went to Kirsten Dunst ) . Jimmy Fallon 's 'SNL ' audition . `` Saturday Night Live '' made him a star , and now he 's a big-time talk show host . But years ago , Fallon used his celebrity impressions of stars like John Travolta , Jerry Seinfeld , Chris Rock and Adam Sandler to get his foot in the door . Chris Colfer 's 'Glee ' audition . Colfer slayed when he tried out for the role of Kurt Hummel . You can hear the delight in the room when he sings `` Mr . Cellophane . '' Gabourey Sidibe 's 'Precious ' audition . This one is pretty deep . Sidibe shows off her acting chops as she reveals , in character , that she is HIV-positive . Mark Hamill 's 'Star Wars ' audition . It now seems incomprehensible that anyone but Mark Hamill could have played Luke Skywalker in `` Star Wars , '' but who knows what would have happened had he not done as well in his 1977 audition . Rachel McAdams audition for 'The Notebook ' You 'll probably have a better reaction to McAdams ' tryout for `` The Notebook . '' The film made her a part of pop culture , but the actress cringed when `` Today 's '' Matt Lauer surprised her with her audition tape .
McConaughey 's audition tapes from the years before he was a star . # ##pp , Johansson , Sidibe among those with audition tapes online . Rachel McAdams cringed at her audition for ` ` The Notebook ''