Jerry Maguire (1996)

Renée Zellweger: Dorothy Boyd

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Quotes 

• Jerry Maguire : [babbling and struggling]  I love you. You... you complete me. And I just...

  Dorothy : Shut up,

  [pause] 

  Dorothy : just shut up.

  [Pause] 

  Dorothy : You had me at "hello". You had me at "hello".

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

• Marcee Tidwell : [shouting at Jerry in his office]  What do you stand for?

  Dorothy : How about a little piece of integrity in this world that is so full of greed and a lack of honorability that I don't know what to tell my son! Except, "Here. Have a look at a guy who isn't yelling 'Show me the money." Did you know he's broke? He is broke and working for you for free! Broke. Broke, broke, broke. I'm sorry I'm just not as good at the insults as she is.

  Marcee Tidwell : No, that was pretty good.

• Dorothy : I just want to be inspired.

• Jerry Maguire : What do you want from me? My soul?

  Dorothy : Why not? I deserve that much.

• Dorothy : Maybe love shouldn't be such hard work.

• Jerry Maguire : This is going to change everything.

  Dorothy : Promise?

• Dorothy : On the surface, everything seems fine. I've got this great guy. And he loves my kid. And he sure does like me a lot. And I can't live like that. It's not the way I'm built.

• Dorothy : I was inspired, and I'm an accountant.

• [Jerry and Dorothy are in the elevator and a hearing impaired couple gets on. The man of the couple starts talking with his hands, then they get off] 

  Jerry Maguire : I wonder what he just said.

  Dorothy : My favorite aunt is hearing impaired. He just said "You complete me".

• [Dorothy enters kitchen, catching Laurel eavesdropping] 

  Laurel : I heard.

  Dorothy : No kidding. I looked over and saw the shadow of two curious shoes under the kitchen door.

  Laurel : Dorothy, this guy would go home with a gardening tool if it showed interest.

• Dorothy : I have this great guy. And he loves my son. And he sure does like me a lot.

• Dorothy : [to Laurel]  I've had three lovers in the past four years, and they all ran a distant second to a good book and a warm bath.

• Ray : [after overhearing how Jerry proposed to his fiancé]  What's wrong, Mommy?

  Dorothy : First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.

• Dorothy : [referring to Jerry]  He's coming over.

  Laurel : Tonight?

  Dorothy : He just lost his best client. I invited the guy over.

  Laurel : Dorothy, this is not a guy. It's a syndrome. Early mid-life. Hanging on to the bottom rung. "Dear God, don't let me be alone or I call my newly-long-suffering-assistant-without-medical for company settlement." If now all you still want is him to come over, I'm not saying anything.

  Dorothy : Honey, he's engaged.

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

• Dorothy : [to Jerry at the airport with Ray]  I'm sure giving a ride would just make your day. To drive us all the way out to Manhattan Beach, making that left a little tiny wider than the street, playing chicken with the oncoming traffic, your life flashing before your eyes... I've obviously had too much coffee.

• Dorothy : I've got a 24-hour-a-day reminder of Roger for the rest of my life.