Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon Quotes in French Kiss (1995)

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: I must come to Canada someday. You are a very sympathetic people.

Kate: Well, actually, I'm not really a Canadian. In fact, I'm... currently without country.

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: [watching Charlie and Juliette] Ah, l'amour. C'est merveilleux.

[in French]

Jean-Paul's Girl: Are you really a thief?

Luc: A thief?

Jean-Paul's Girl: Papa says you saved his life.

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: Yes, it's true. Look, you see this scar?

[points to his neck]

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: Luc stopped it from going over here.

[points to the other side]

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: He's no thief, that's what I keep telling him.

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: [on Luc] I need to ask him over a little matter of a necklace.

Kate: [fakes a laugh] Oh, the necklace. He didn't declare it at the airport, did he? Will he have to pay a big duty?

[Jean-Paul looks at her impassively. Her smile fades, and she becomes serious]

Kate: Why don't you just arrest him?

Inspector Jean-Paul Cardon: I'm old-fashioned. I owe him a debt greater than one of money.