Eric Roth Quotes

Eric R. Roth is an American screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump . He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: The Insider , Munich , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close .

✵ 22. March 1945

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Famous Eric Roth Quotes

“Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went, you can curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“Benjamin, we’re meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“You never know what's coming for you.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“She taught me to play the piano, and what it meant to miss somebody.”

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

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