Renée Zellweger Biography

Until she headlined Jerry Maguire opposite Tom Cruise in late 1996, Renée Zellweger claimed extremely limited public recognition. Though Zellweger essayed several key roles before Maguire, the vulnerability and versatility that the actress exhibited as Cruise's (long undeclared) love interest in Cameron Crowe's seriocomedy netted much-deserved praise from critics and audiences alike. Though the Academy passed her over when that year's Oscar nominations rolled around, she received several other laurels for her work in Maguire, including the title of Best Breakthrough Performer by the National Board of Review.Born April 25th, 1969, the willowy, strawberry blonde Zellweger began life in Katy, TX, a small town on the outskirts of Houston. The town was so small that it possessed neither cable television nor a movie theater. As a result, Zellweger reportedly did not see her first art film until she was a student at the University of Texas in Austin. Her career at U.T. was an exceptional one; a regular on the Dean's List, she graduated a year early with a B.A. in Radio, Film, and Television. While in college, Zellweger took an acting class and discovered a knack for performing; following graduation, she made her feature-film debut with a bit part in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993). She then landed a role playing a whacked-out waitress in Love and a .45 (1994), for which she won her first Independent Spirit Award nomination; she won a second nomination for The Whole Wide World (1996), earning additional acclaim at various film festivals.Following the tremendous success of Jerry Maguire, Zellweger went on to prove herself as a versatile actress able to play roles ranging from an ambitious journalist (who temporarily shelves her career to care for her mother) in One True Thing (1998) to a rebellious Hassidic Jew in Boaz Yakin's A Price Above Rubies (1998). She then exhibited a capacity for romantic comedy in The Bachelor (1999), starring as the long-suffering girlfriend of a commitment-phobic Chris O'Donnell. Zellweger's second role as a deeply confused soap opera fanatic in Neil LaBute's offbeat crime comedy Nurse Betty won her the Best Actress in a Comedy Award at the 2000 Golden Globes. Nominated for yet another Golden Globe the following year for her memorable performance in Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), that same role also earned Zellweger her maiden Oscar nod. The following few years found Zellweger's leading lady status growing and numerous lucrative film offers flowing in, and the release of White Oleander (2002) the starlet received numerous positive reviews despite the film's lackluster performance. Later that same year, Zellweger was on top of the world when she received rave reviews for her role in Chicago. Based on the popular Broadway musical of the same name, director Rob Marshall's flashy cinematic extravaganza received nearly unanimous praise accompanied by multiple Academy Award nominations, including a second Best Actress in a Leading Role nod to Ms. Zellweger for her lively performance.Zellweger lost the award bid to Nicole Kidman, and then teamed up with that actress for Anthony Minghella's epic Cold Mountain. The performance netted Zellweger her third Oscar nomination, and on February 29, 2004, her losing streak ended as she took home the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Attempting to keep up the momentum, Zellweger then returned to the character that earned her her first Oscar nod, starring in the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). Unfortunately, that outing (directed by To Wong Foo helmer Beeban Kidron) failed to draw the critical acclaim of its predecessor and was widely greeted with public apathy in the States, but in the final analysis, it grossed nearly as much as the premier outing (with a massive overseas take). After the second Bridget Jones installment, Zellweger's screen activity decrescendoed somewhat, but she placed a heightened emphasis on more offbeat and unusual roles, including a portrayal of children's author Beatrix Potter in the Weinstein Company outing Miss Potter (2006), and a throwback role to the days of classic Hollywood screwball comedy, as the romantic lead of George Clooney and John Krasinski in the period sports outing Leatherheads (2008). The actress lent her voice to the animated children's fantasy Monsters vs. Aliens, and will reprise her role as Bridget Jones for Bridget Jones' Baby. Off-camera, Zellweger has been romantically linked to funnyman Jim Carrey and to rocker Jack White, of The White Stripes. She was married very briefly to Kenny Chesney; the two received an annulment in less than a year. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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• 1. Ada Monroe: I wouldn't go near that rooster if I was you. He's the devil I'm sure of it. He's Lucifer himself.
  2. Ruby Thewes: Why I depise a floggin' rooster.
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Alyssa B (14 days ago)

• 1. Ada Monroe: I wouldn't go near that rooster if I were you. He's the devil I'm sure of it. He's Lucifer himself.
  2. Ruby Thewes: Why I despise a flogging rooster!
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Rawballs B (19 days ago)

• 1. Roxie Hart: Forget it. It'll never work.
  2. Velma Kelly: Why not?
  3. Roxie Hart: 'Cause I hate you.
  4. Velma Kelly: There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.
  From Chicago. Submitted by Rawballs B (34 days ago)

• 1. Velma Kelly: We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about it, Roxie. Our faces back in the papers, our names on the marquee.Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart.
  2. Roxie Hart: Shouldn't it be alphabetical?
  3. Velma Kelly: That could work.
  4. Roxie Hart: A couple hundred? Maybe we could ask for a thousand.
  5. Velma Kelly: We're worth it.
  From Chicago. Submitted by Rawballs B (40 days ago)

• 1. Beatrix Potter: You think that's lucky? Your mother is a monster! No, its fine. My mother and I have come to an understanding. We've agreed to not understand each other.
  From Miss Potter. Submitted by Mary B (2 months ago)

• 1. Lexie Littleton: And don't think just 'cause you haven't said anything that I don't know what you're up to. I'm talking to you, behind the magazine. Don't you know I could have you arrested for eavesdropping?
  2. Dodge Connolly: Excuse me?
  3. Lexie Littleton: Or are you really an avid reader of "Ladies Home Journal?"
  4. Dodge Connolly: I never miss an issue.
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Lexie Littleton: Sure. Yeah. These are a lot like your plays, only a little more effective.
  2. Dodge Connolly: I'm not afraid to say it. I'm in love with Leonard. Go ahead and laugh, everyone does. We had something beautiful until you came along. You think you can just toss him away like a sack of flour?
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Carter Rutherford: Wait. Where were you two?
  2. Dodge Connolly: Out.
  3. Lexie Littleton: Nowhere.
  4. Carter Rutherford: Did you kiss her?
  5. Lexie Littleton: Now wait a minute.
  6. Carter Rutherford: I want answers!
  7. Dodge Connolly: Yeah, I kissed her! On the mouth, twice! And I liked it. A lot!
  8. Carter Rutherford: Oh you did, did you?
  9. Dodge Connolly: Yeah!
  10. Lexie Littleton: Thanks.
  11. Dodge Connolly: You're welcome.
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Dodge Connolly: So you flying solo or is the Bullet casting about?
  2. Lexie Littleton: What do you care? You're here to entertain Miss Nipplewidth.
  3. Dodge Connolly: It wouldn't look good for you to get caught in a place like this.
  4. Lexie Littleton: I dare say it wouldn't look good for anyone to be caught in a place like this.
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Dodge Connolly: Being the slickest operator in Duluth is sort of like being the world's tallest midget, if you ask me!
  2. Lexie Littleton: You know, it's too bad we are so much alike, otherwise we would have gotten along perfectly!
  3. Dodge Connolly: I'll live.
  4. Lexie Littleton: Alone!
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Dodge Connolly: So here we are.
  2. Lexie Littleton: Not sure what the next move is.
  3. Dodge Connolly: It happens.
  4. Lexie Littleton: It's the first time for me.
  5. Dodge Connolly: They all say that.
  From Leatherheads. Submitted by Raisul I (2 months ago)

• 1. Beatrix Potter: There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.
  From Miss Potter. Submitted by Rawballs B (2 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: Number one - shut this, it's freezin'. Number two - shut that door, it's freezin'. I'm layin' on my back, with two fingers poked my ears tryin' to shut out who's got a bag of diamonds and who's carryin' a tray. If you wanna get three feet up a bull's ass, listen to what sweethearts whisper to each other.
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Alyssa B (4 months ago)

• 1. Jerry Maguire: Hello. I'm looking for my wife. Alright. If this is where it has to happen, then this is where it has to happen. I'm not letting you get rid of me. How about that? This used to be my specialty. I was good in a living room. Send me in there, I'll do it alone. And now I just... I don't know...but our little company had a good night tonight. A really big night. But it wasn't complete, it wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with you. I couldn't hear your voice, or laugh about it with you. I missed my wife. We live in a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors, I love you. You complete me. And I just...
  2. Dorothy Boyd: Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at hello.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Victor M (4 months ago)

• 1. Bridget's Dad: Ciggy?
  2. Bridget Jones: No, no, thanks. I've given up again.
  3. Bridget's Dad: Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact they might kill me before things get worse.
  From Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason. Submitted by Sora Z (4 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Samira O (7 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: In this age, optimism like that is a revolutionary act.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Samira O (7 months ago)

• 1. Ada Monroe: Ruby... I'm sorry...
  2. Ruby Thewes: Every piece of this is a man's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit! It's raining!' [starts to cry]
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Rawballs B (8 months ago)

• 1. B.O.B.: Wait, is it the whole 'there isn't a jar in the world I can't open' thing again? Did you find a jar you couldn't open? Did it have pickles in it? Where is the giant jar of pickles!?
  From Monsters vs. Aliens. Submitted by Karthi K (9 months ago)

• 1. Ada Monroe: Ruby... I'm sorry...
  2. Ruby Thewes: Every piece of this is a ma's bullshit... they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit! It's raining!' [starts to cry]
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Rawballs B (9 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: Number one - shut this door, it's freezing. Number two - shut that door, it's freezing. I'm laying on my back, with my fingers poked in my ears trying to shut out who's got a bag of diamonds and who's carrying a tray. If you want to get three feet up a bull's ass, listen to what sweethearts whisper to each other.
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Jillian L (10 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: Have you been shot?
  2. Inman: Not lately.
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Jillian L (10 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: [On discussing the war's origin] Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!'
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Jillian L (10 months ago)

• 1. Velma Kelly: Me and Roxie, We just like to say thank you!
  2. Roxie Hart: Thank you! Believe us we could not have done it, without you!
  From Chicago. Submitted by Rawballs B (10 months ago)

• 1. Mae Braddock: Every time you get hit, it feels like I'm getting hit, too.
  From Cinderella Man. Submitted by Denmark H (11 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: Catastrophe. I can spell it too. Learned it in the same place you did: a school house. 'Ruby Thewes. You are a c-a-t-a-s-t-r-o-p-h-e.'
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Ceara R (12 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: This world won't stand long. God won't let it stand this way long.
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Ceara R (12 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: First class, that's what's wrong. It used to be a better meal, now it's a better life.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Maria Y (12 months ago)

• 1. Jerry Maguire: I love you. You... you complete me. And I just...
  2. Dorothy Boyd: Shut up, just shut up. You had me at 'hello'.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Maria Y (12 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: I just want to be inspired.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Maria Y (12 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: I love him! I love him for the man he wants to be. And I love him for the man he almost is.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Maria Y (12 months ago)

• 1. Roxie Hart: Baby what baby? Oh!.. Jesus...
  From Chicago. Submitted by Rawballs B (12 months ago)

• 1. Emily Jenkins: Are you scared?[Lilith is trembling] Well I'm not...
  From Case 39. Submitted by Rawballs B (15 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: Now, I'll go home and... de-bunny.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Guido M (18 months ago)

• 1. Ruby Thewes: They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'shit, it's raining!'
  From Cold Mountain. Submitted by Mauricio R (18 months ago)

• 1. Roxie Hart: You want some advice, well here's a piece of advice from me to you, lay, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
  From Chicago. Submitted by Erin M (19 months ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: Stop... just stop. You had me at hello.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Justin K (19 months ago)

• 1. Kate Gulden: [dressed as Dorothy] Welcome! There's no place like home!
  2. Ellen Gulden: [silently, to herself] Thank God.
  From One True Thing. Submitted by Mauricio R (19 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: And that was it. Right there. Right there, that was the moment... I suddenly realized that unless something change soon I was going to live a life where my major relationship was with a bottle of wine and I'd finally die fat and alone and be found three weeks later half-eaten by Alsatians, or I was about to turn into Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Iza C (20 months ago)

• 1. Interviewer 1: What do you think about the El Nino phenomenon?
  2. Bridget Jones: It's a blip. Latin music's on its way out.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Karina V (21 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: Wait a minute... nice boys don't kiss like that.
  2. Mark Darcy: Oh yes, they fuckin' do.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Mauricio R (22 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: This is an occasion for genuinely tiny knickers.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Mauricio R (22 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: The only thing worse than smug married couple; lots of smug married couples.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Mauricio R (22 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: Bridget Jones, wanton sex goddess, with a very bad man between her thighs... Mum... Hi.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Mauricio R (22 months ago)

• 1. Wayne: I interviewed many children till now, but never felt like this.
  2. Emily Jenkins: How did you feel?
  3. Wayne: Threatened.
  From Case 39. Submitted by Srikar D (22 months ago)

• 1. Ann Deveraux: I love my sister, George. It's being near her that I hate.
  From My One and Only. Submitted by Gianina S (22 months ago)

• 1. Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison: This is hanging case, and we're ready to go to in front of the jury tomorrow.
  2. Roxie Hart: Wha-Wha-What do you mean hanging?
  3. Assistant District Attorney Martin Harrison: You're not so tough now, are you?
  4. Velma Kelly: What do ya mean hanging?
  From Chicago. Submitted by D Edward F (23 months ago)

• 1. Bridget Jones: At least, now that I'm in my thirties, I can hold my drink.
  From Bridget Jones's Diary. Submitted by Mauricio R (24 months ago)

• 1. Roxie Hart: Don't you wanna take my picture?
  From Chicago. Submitted by Mauricio R (2 years ago)

• 1. Emily Jenkins: They say when you're born you're given your eternal soul. The part of you that lives on, lives again. Whatever evil she is,didn't come from us. It was already there. From the moment she came into being, she brought something with her. Something older, destructive. Soul of a demon.
  From Case 39. Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

• 1. Dorothy Boyd: You had me at 'Hello'.
  From Jerry Maguire. Submitted by Tyler C (2 years ago)