Jared Jussim (1935- )

Jared Jussim (1935- )

Jared Jussim (born 1935) is currently the Deputy General Counsel and Executive Vice President of the Intellectual Property Department of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., a division of the Sony Corporation, where he has worked since 1971. Jussim attended City College of the City University of New York, graduating in 1958, and Harvard Law School, graduating in 1961, and is admitted to the bar in California and New York.

His professional activities include participation in New York State Bar Association's Committee on Legislation, on which he held the position of Chairman from 1986 - 1990. Jussim appeared in TriStar Pictures' Jerry Maguire in 1996 as Dicky Fox, mentor to Tom Cruise's Jerry Maguire. TriStar was a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, which was renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1991.

Cameron Crowe had initially asked director Billy Wilder to play the role of Dicky Fox but Wilder told him to get an actor. Jussim, who had no prior acting experience, was cast for the role after walking into a production meeting with Crowe and James L. Brooks. Jussim was asked to say one line and was thereafter selected.

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Quotes·Quotation by Jared Jussim

Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox from Jerry Maguire (1996)

¶ The key to this business is personal relationships. Roll with the punches. Tomorrow is another day. If this (pointing to heart) is empty, this (pointing to head) doesn’t matter. I love getting up in the morning. I clap my hands and say ‘This is going to be a great day!’ Hey…I don’t have all the answers. In life, to be honest, I’ve failed as much as I’ve succeeded. But I love my wife. I love my life. And I wish you my kind of success.

¶ If this ( points to heart) is empty, this (points to head) doesn't matter...shut up and play from your heart.

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