Inspector Tarconi Quotes in The Transporter (2002)

Inspector Tarconi: I always say, the way a man treats his car is how he treats himself.

Inspector Tarconi: Monsieur Frank, people with this kind of firepower do not make mistakes about who they visit. Who would want you this dead?

Inspector Tarconi: It's a good thing that we French have such a highly developed sense of humor.

Frank Martin: With all due respect, the French think that Jerry Lewis is a genius.

Inspector Tarconi: Jerry Lewis is a genius.

Frank Martin: Dean was the genius.

Inspector Tarconi: No. Dean just stood there with a drink and a cigarette.

Frank Martin: My point exactly. Anyone can fall down and get a laugh. But how many people can do it standing still with a drink and a cigarette?

Valentina: The sea is so restful. Is lunch ready yet.

Inspector Tarconi: Mademoiselle, there is a certain progression to things. In order to eat the lunch, you first have to catch a lunch.

Frank Martin: And if we keep talking instead of concentrating, we're gonna catch nothing.

Valentina: I have better idea. Why don't we skip catching of lunch and go right to eating of lunch? I know wonderful place just up coast from here, where they make fish stew. Incredible. They use tomatoes and onions, a little amount of lavender.

Frank Martin: What kind of wine?

Valentina: Pink, from south.

Inspector Tarconi: A Chateau Neuf, perhaps.

Frank Martin: Chilled.

Valentina: Of course chilled.

Frank Martin: And for dessert?

Inspector Tarconi: I'm afraid our day of leisure is cut short. There is a big mess in Marseilles - some madman driving an Audi at impossible speeds.

Frank Martin: Don't look at me.

Inspector Tarconi: That is the first place the chief told me to look. But I will tell him you have the perfect alibi. As usual.