Daily Dialogue — June 6, 2012

Jerry Maguire: What are you doing with me, Rod?
Rod Tidwell: Why?
Jerry Maguire: I’m finished, I’m fucked. Twenty-four hours ago, man, I was hot! Now… I’m a cautionary tale. You see this jacket I’m wearing, you like it? Because I don’t really need it. Because I’m cloaked in failure! I lost the number one draft picked the night before the draft! Why? Let’s recap: Because a hockey player’s kid made me feel like a superficial jerk. I ate two slices of bad pizza, went to bed and grew a conscience!
Rod Tidwell: Well, boo-fucking-hoo

— Jerry (Tom Cruise), Rod (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), Jerry Maguire (1996), written by Cameron Crowe

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is pity party, suggested by Teddy Pasternak. Today’s suggestion is by DJ Holloway with video link provided by Bob Ryan.

Trivia: Cameron Crowe wanted his hero, legendary film director Billy Wilder, to play Dicky Fox. Wilder had agreed to think about it, but on the first day of filming, Wilder refused to play the role. So Crowe took Tom Cruise to Wilder’s office to try to convince him, and Wilder still said no. Later, Crowe and Wilder became friends and Crowe wrote a book about Wilder’s life.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Here is DJ’s observation on the dialogue: “Love it because it represented how much of a foil Rod is to Jerry, even as he is a motivator. Also the trust Tom Cruise gave to Crowe and Cuba to allow his most dramatic, powerful stuff be tossed aside for the sake of a more fulfilling relationship.”

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