A Cleaner Adaptation
The film version of ‘Forrest Gump’ differs somewhat from the novel it was based on. Most of the changes that were made for the movie concerned the character of Forrest Gump. In the film, he’s lovable and naïve, but Groom’s novel depicted a more cynical character. But one of the biggest modifications centered on one of the film’s most memorable lines – the box of chocolates one.
Source: Bustle
In the book, the quote was: “Let me say this: bei’n a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks s’posed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you – it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin’ life, so to speak.”