François Perrin Quotes in La chèvre (1981)
François Perrin Quotes:
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François Perrin: [to Campana] You've been unlucky so far, but with me that will change.
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François Perrin: [to Campana, on board the plane to Brazil before it takes off] Do you like to fly? I love to, but last time we had a problem... we almost crashed. It was at Orly; the wing flaps got stuck. We nosed into a field.
[Campana stares at Perrin]
François Perrin: Happens often, it seems.
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François Perrin: [to Campana, talking about Mademoiselle Martin] I like her... she helped me up when I was electrocuted.
Campana: Electrocuted?
François Perrin: At the office, plugging in the orange juice machine.
[he looks up at Campana and smiles]
François Perrin: I got juice, all right.
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François Perrin: [Campana has just realized that Arbal, the man they're looking for, was in the gambling club they just left] Okay, you have no memory for faces; it's no tragedy.
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Campana: [he's just realized that Perrin is sinking in quicksand] What's happening now?
François Perrin: I don't know... I'm sinking.
Campana: Why?
François Perrin: I don't know why.
Campana: Stop clowning when I talk to you!
François Perrin: I'm not clowning! I'm really sinking!
Campana: Why aren't *I* sinking?
François Perrin: You're on good sand and I'm in quicksand. *You're* the one who wanted a short cut!
Campana: And you don't even react?
François Perrin: If I do, I'll go in farther... everyone knows that!
Campana: Perrin, they didn't show any quicksand on the map!
François Perrin: Then it's time they did!
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François Perrin: [Campana has just pulled Perrin out of the quicksand; Perrin laughs] Shit! I lost a shoe!
Campana: [slowly smiles and also laughs] Don't you ever rest?
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Prisoner: [the guards are coming to their cell] Here they come! They'll pick one of us at random and beat him to a pulp! That's their idea of fun!
François Perrin: [to Campana] What'd he day?
Campana: [looks hard at Perrin] They'll beat one of us up.
[he keeps staring at Perrin]
François Perrin: [finally notices Campana staring at him] Why stare at me that way?
[Campana shrugs]
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François Perrin: [he notices Campana's shoelace is untied] Your shoestring...
Campana: [kneels down to tie his shoelace; it breaks. He stares at it, then at Perrin, almost scared] I broke it!
François Perrin: It's no tragedy.
Campana: [standing up, staring at the broken shoelace in his hand] It's a sign.
François Perrin: A sign of what?
Campana: [pause, then] Never mind.
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François Perrin: [to Campana] So much has happened to me since I met you.
Campana: [looks at Perrin, then] To me too.
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Campana: [they've arrived at the mission; it's a total ruin and deserted] Did an earthquake do this?
François Perrin: Or a tornado. It reminds me of my parents' house. They had one near Paris.
Campana: A tornado in Paris?
François Perrin: No, I left the gas on and...
[he flips a hand up to indicate what happened, then walks off. Campana stares after him]
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François Perrin: [in Christine's bathroom] My nose is bleeding. It's stopped now, but I got hit with a bagpipe.
Christine: A bagpipe?
François Perrin: A bagpipe.
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Maurice: [they're both sitting in Perrin's apartment] I've got to pee.
François Perrin: [looks at him, then] Go ahead.
Maurice: [gets up, goes over to Perrin and holds out his hand] Come with me.
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Maurice: [leaving Perrin's building in a daze when he runs into Perrin coming in] There are three dead men in your house.
François Perrin: Eh?
Maurice: I came looking for you. I came here to shoot you... but there are three dead men in your house.
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