Frank Abagnale Sr. Quotes in Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: You know why the Yankees always win, Frank?

Frank Abagnale, Jr.: 'Cause they have Mickey Mantle?

Frank Abagnale Sr.: No, it's 'cause the other teams can't stop staring at those damn pinstripes.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: She's so stubborn, your mother. Don't worry, I won't let her go without a fight. I've been fighting for her since the day we met.

Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Dad, out of all those men - you were the one who took her home, remember that.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two-hundred men sitting in that tiny social hall watching her dance. What was the name of that town?

Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Montrichard, Dad.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: I didn't speak a word of French, six weeks later she was my wife.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: Do you know what would happen if the IRS found out I was driving around in a new coupe? I took the train here, Frank. I'm taking the train home.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: Where's your mother?

Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I don't know. She said something about going to look for a job.

Frank Abagnale Sr.: What's she gonna be, a shoe salesman at a centipede farm?