Tom Hanks演活了《阿甘正傳》中憨直的男主角福雷斯特·甘;

電影中的一些對白也是深具意義。

生命就像一盒巧克力。你永遠也不會知道你將拿到什麼。

原文：Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to  get.

我的媽媽常告訴我可以從一個人穿著的鞋知道他許多事情。

原文：My momma always said you could tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wear.

現在即使我告訴你，你也不會相信我，但我真的能夠跑得像風在吹。從那天開始，如果我要去什麼地方，我都用跑的！

原文：Now you would not believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!

我不是聰明人，但是我知道什麼是愛。

原文：Im not a smart man, but I know what love is.

你必須盡力發揮上帝所賜與你的。

原文：You have to do the best what God gave you.

人真正需要的財富祇有那麼一些，剩下的只不過是用來炫燿罷了。

原文：Theres only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off.

你得在向前走之前放下過去。

原文：You got to put the past behind before you can move on.

沒有人因為少開口而惹禍。

原文：Nobody ever get into trouble by keeping his mouth shut.