For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.

A story has the opportunity to enlighten us, because as we connect the extraordinary moments on film with the ordinary moments of our lives, we ask ourselves, "What am I going to do the next time I'm scared? What would it be like to say goodbye to my family for the last time?"

It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.

It's just as hard staying happily married as it is doing movies.

At the end of the day it's got to be a good movie, it's got to be a funny movie, and it's got to make people think, 'Hey, I couldn't have spent my time any better.'

I've been doing a pale imitation of Bill Murray for most of my career.

I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.