Jerry Maguire: A Star Maker


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Renée Zellweger's big break and introduction to audiences as a loveable leading lady came in 1996's Jerry Maguire. Zellweger is Dorothy Boyd, the only coworker who dares to leave when Jerry Maguire's (played by Tom Cruise) conscience gets the better of him, and he loses his job. Dorothy remains loyal and devoted to Jerry as they venture out on their own and try to make a star of their single client, Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.). In the process, they fall in love, get married, separate and then finally realize they are meant for each other.

Jerry: Do you know what it's like being me out there for you? It's an up-at-dawn, pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about.

Avery: There is a sensitivity thing that some people have. I don't have it. I don't cry at movies, I don't gush over babies, I don't buy Christmas presents five months early, and I don't tell the guy who ruined both our lives, "Oh poor baby." But I do love you.

Jerry: I don't like black people? I am Mister black people.

Bob Sugar: It's not "show friends". It's "show business".

Jerry: I'm still sort of moved by your "my word is stronger than oak" thing.

Laurel Boyd: Don't cry at the beginning of a date. Cry at the end, like I do.

Jerry: That's more than a dress. That's an Audrey Hepburn movie.

Dorothy: I love him! I love him for the man he wants to be. I love him for the man he almost is.

Jerry: Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarrassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment?

Ray Boyd: Did you know that the human head weighs 8 pounds?
Jerry: Did you know that Troy Aikman, in only six years, has passed for 16,303 yards?
Ray Boyd: did you know that bees and dogs can smell fear?
Jerry: Did you know that the career record for hits is 4,256 by Pete Rose who is not in the Hall of Fame?
Ray Boyd: Did you know my next door neighbor has three rabbits?
Jerry: I, I can't compete with that!

Tidwell: I've got a shelf life of ten years tops. My next contract's gotta bring me the dollars that'll last me and mine a long time...I'm out of this sport in 5 years. What's my family gonna live on, huh?

Dorothy: Look at me Laurel. I'm the oldest 26 year old in the world.

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