Stupid is as stupid does.

Answer: Forrest Gump (1994)

Hanks ad-libbed the specific pause before 'does.' Zemeckis said Hanks found the character's voice in the very first day of shooting.

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

Answer: Fight Club (1999)

Brad Pitt delivers this as Tyler Durden. The film's central irony is that the narrator accepts it as wisdom when it's actually a cult leader's manipulation.

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Answer: Jaws (1975)

Roy Scheider improvised this — a running joke about the production's tiny budget. Spielberg kept it in one take. AFI ranks it #35 of all time.

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