Valentine`s Day: 10 Romantic Hollywood dialogues : Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Valentine`s Day: 10 Romantic Hollywood dialogues

Love: Hollywood`s favourite four-letter word

Mushy-lines, heart-swooning accents and Meg Ryan. Those are the first things that come to mind when thinking of rom-coms. This Valentine’s Day, I thought it’d be cool to put together 10 of my favourite romantic dialogues from Hollywood’s delightful repertoire of romantic comedies.

Dirty Dancing (Jennifer Grey)

"Me? I’m scared of everything. I’m scared of what I saw, I’m scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.”

When Harry Met Sally (Billy Crystal)

“I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”

My Best Friend’s Wedding (Julia Roberts)

"Michael...I`ve loved you for nine years, I`ve just been too arrogant and scared to realize it, and... well, now I`m just scared. So, I realize this comes at a very inopportune time but I really have this gigantic favor to ask of you. Choose me. Marry me. Let me make you happy. Oh, that sounds like three favors, doesn`t it?"

Runaway Bride (Richard Gere)

“Look, I guarantee that we’ll have tough times. And I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us will want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don’t ask you to be mine I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I know in my heart, you’re the only one for me.”

As Good As It Gets (Jack Nicholson)

“I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and … I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me.”

A Beautiful Mind (Russell Crowe)

“It’s only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found. I am only here tonight because of you. You are all I am. You are all my reasons.”

Love Actually (Andrew Lincoln)

“But for now, let me say -- without hope or agenda, just because it`s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth -- to me, you are perfect. And my wasted heart will love you . Until you look like this [picture of a mummy]. Merry Christmas.”

Sleepless in Seattle (Tom Hanks)

“It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together. And I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home. Only to no home I`d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic.”

Notting Hill (Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts)

Hugh Grant: I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are; my mother has trouble remembering my name...

Julia Roberts: I`m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger)

Tom Cruise: (babbling) I love you. You... you complete me. And I just...
Renee Zellweger: Shut up! (pause) Just shut up! (pause) You had me at "hello". You had me at "hello".

By Arya Yuyutsu