Catch Me If You Can (2002) Quotes

How'd you do it, Frank? How did you cheat on the bar exam in Louisiana?

Ah, people only know what you tell them, Carl.

Dear Dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid.

Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Brenda, I don't want to lie to you anymore. All right? I'm not a doctor. I never went to medical school. I'm not a lawyer, or a Harvard graduate, or a Lutheran. Brenda, I ran away from home a year and a half ago when I was 16.
Brenda Strong : Frank? Frank? You're not a Lutheran?

The truth is I'm not a doctor or a lawyer. I'm not an airline pilot. I'm nothing really. I'm just a kid in love with your daughter.

Christ! Terry! This is Italian knit

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.

I love my job!

Tom Fox : He doesn't have a passport.
Carl Hanratty : For the last six months, he's gone to Harvard and Berkeley. I'm betting he can get a passport.

Earl Amdursky : Why won't he just take a taxi to New York or Atlanta?
Carl Hanratty : Because I'm not in New York. I'm not in Atlanta.

Carl Hanratty : But, sir, we're gonna let him get away.
Assistant Director Marsh : No, Carl, you let him get away.

Roger Strong : Frank, would you like to say grace?
Roger Strong : Unless you're not comfortable.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Absolutely. Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out. Amen.
Carol Strong : Oh, that was beautiful. The mouse, he churned that cream into butter.

Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Hey... You should fold it.
Joanna : What?
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : That note. It's a fake, right? You should fold it.
Joanna : It's... It's a note from my mom. I have a doctor's appointment.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Yeah, but there's no crease in the paper. When your mom hands you a note to miss school, the first thing you do is, you fold it and you put it in your pocket. I mean, if it's real, where's the crease?

Roger Strong : Frank, would you like to say grace?
Roger Strong : Unless you're not comfortable.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Absolutely. Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out. Amen.
Carol Strong : Oh, that was beautiful. The mouse, he churned that cream into butter.

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.

Carl Hanratty : Our unknown subject is a paperhanger who started working on the East Coast. In the last few weeks this unsub has developed a new form of check fraud which I'm calling "the float". What he's doing is opening checking accounts at various banks then chaning the MICR ink routing numbers at the bottom of those checks. Next slide, please. This is a map of the 12 banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Slide. MICR scanners at every bank read these numbers at the bottom of the check - slide - and they ship that check off to its corresponding branch.
Special Agent Witkins : Carl, for those of us who are unfamiliar with bank fraud you mind telling us what the hell you're talking about?
Carl Hanratty : The East Coast branches are numbered zero-one to zero-six. The central branch is zero-seven, zero-eight so on, so forth.
Special Agent Witkins : You mean the numbers at the bottom of a check actually mean something?
Carl Hanratty : All of this was in the report I filed two days ago. If you change a zero-two to a one-two that means a check, which was cashed in New York Federal Branch but it is rerouted all the way to San Francisco Federal Branch. The bank doesn't even know the check has bounced for two weeks, which means our unsub can stay in one place, paper the same city over and over again, while his checks circle the country.

Carl Hanratty : Well, would you like to hear me tell a joke?
Earl Amdursky : Yeah. Yeah, we'd love to hear a joke from you.
Carl Hanratty : Knock knock.
Earl Amdursky : Who's there?
Carl Hanratty : Go fuck yourselves.

Hello, Pussy.

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?

Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is irrefutable evidence that the defendant is, in fact, lying.
Judge : Mr. Conners, this is a preliminary hearing. There is no... defendant. There is no... jury. It's just me. Son... what in the HELL is wrong with you?

Assistant Director Marsh : I'd like for you to take a look at something, tell me what you think.
Assistant Director Marsh : How do you know? You haven't looked at it.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : There's no perforated edge, right? This check was hand-cut, not fed. The paper's double-bonded, much too heavy to be a bank check. Magnetic ink, it's raised against my fingers, not flat. This doesn't smell like MICR, it's some kind of, uh, some kind of drafting ink. The kind you get at a stationery store.
Assistant Director Marsh : Frank, would you be interested in working for the FBI's Financial Crimes Unit?
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : I've already got a job here, you know. I, uh, deliver the mail.
Assistant Director Marsh : Frank, we have the power to take you out of prison. You'd be placed in the custody of the FBI where you'd serve out the remainder of your sentence as an employee of the Federal Government.
Frank Abagnale, Jr. : Under whose custody?