These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Life Isn’t Like A Box of Chocolates

Though it’s maybe the most iconic line from the film, the line from the book is a little darker. The quote is “Let me say this: bei’n a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you – it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin’ life, so to speak.”

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The More You Know

  • Some Wookie suits were made from human hair.
  • That slightly scandalous charcoal drawing of a topless Kate Winslet in Titanic was drawn by none other than the director himself, James Cameron.
  • Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
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