'Forrest Gump' was great, it was fabulous. It lasted much longer than anybody thought, and brought me a degree of attention that no human being on the face of the planet deserves.

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

I went to college because I didn't have anywhere else to go and it was a fabulous hang. And while I was there I was exposed to this world that I didn't know was possible.

Houston, we have a problem.

There was a period of time in Los Angeles when I wondered if I was just going to lose everything.

All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.

But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.