Daily Dialogue — September 6, 2010

“Show me the money!”

 — Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), Jerry Maguire (1996), written by Cameron Crowe

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is catch phrases.

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.