- Why are you doing this?
- I just felt like running.

— Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)

6 seconds sound clip from the Forrest Gump (1994) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:55:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- For the fourth time on his journey across America, Forrest Gump, the gardener from Greenbow, Alabama, is about to cross the Mississippi River again today.

- I'll be damned. Forrest?

- Sir, why are you running?

- Why are you running?

- Are you doing this for world peace?

- Are you doing this for the homeless?

- Are you running for women's rights?

- Or for the environment?

- Or for animals?

- They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no particular reason.

- Why are you doing this?

- I just felt like running.

- I just felt like running.

- It's you. I can't believe it's really you.

- Now, for some reason, what I was doing seemed to make sense to people.

- I mean, it was like an alarm went off in my head, you know?

- I said, Here's a guy that's got his act together. Here's somebody who's got it all figured out. Here's somebody who has the answer.

[...]

Forrest Gump (1994) Sound Clip

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Actors: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan Taylor), Robin Wright (Jenny Curran)

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