Gump Quotes

I`m 49-years-old and I`m cautious of the fact that very few people in comedy have careers after age 50. I think there`s a notion in our society, and it maybe valid, that people aren`t as funny when they get older. It`s a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth. I do believe that sooner or later I`ll get those great roles like Gary Sinise`s part in Forrest Gump (1994) or Tommy Lee Jones` as "Two Face" in Batman Forever (1995).

I`m 49-years-old and I`m cautious of the fact that very few people in comedy have careers after age 50. I think there`s a notion in our society, and it maybe valid, that people aren`t as funny when they get older. It`s a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth. I do believe that sooner or later I`ll get those great roles like Gary Sinise`s part in Forrest Gump" or Tommy Lee Jones` as "Two Face" in "Batman Forever".

(at MTV Movie Awards 1994) as he won Best Picture for _Pulp Fiction (1994)_) "Pop quiz, hotshot: you go to the awards ceremonies all year long; you keep losing to Forrest Gump (1994)! It`s really annoying the hell out of you - what do you do? You go to the MTV Awards!"

Forrest Gump (1994) is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.

On the movie Forrest Gump (1994): I just wish for once Hollywood would make a realistic movie about retarded people, where a retarded guy leaves his house, people stare at him for a while and then lock him up.

I could choose the director and my fellow actors. I could carry out projects which I liked but the studios didn`t want. The businessmen who run Hollywood today have no self-respect. What interests them is not movies but the bottom line. Look at Dumb & Dumber (1994), which turns idiocy into something positive, or Forrest Gump (1994), a hymn to stupidity. `Intellectual` has become a dirty word.

Josh: You look like Pippi Longstocking. Cher: Well you look like Forrest Gump. Who`s Pippi Longstocking? Josh: Someone Mel Gibson never played.

A ll my friends said that if I was going to do it `Forrest Gump` style, I had to do it forrest gump style. And that meant I couldn`t shave. So i had an idea that I`d be a little bit shaggy when I was done.