France quotes

“- Kate: Did you know that there are four hundred and fifty-two official government cheeses in this country? Don't you think that's incredible? To come up with four hundred and fifty-two ways of classifying what is basically a bacterial process?
- Luc Teyssier: You would prefer one cheese? One cheeseburger to put it on and one restaurant to eat...” (continue)(continue reading)

Meg Ryan - Kate
Kevin Kline - Luc Teyssier

“In a way, watching the French do anything is a little more fun because their gestures are different. And in that way, they make everything interesting.”
Adrian Lyne

“- Mrs. Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister: I was taught to think about love in Chinese.
- Michael O'Hara: The way a Frenchman thinks about laughter in French?
- Mrs. Elsa 'Rosalie' Bannister: The Chinese say, it is difficult for love to last long; therefore, one who loves passionately is cured of love - in the end.
- Michael O'Hara: Well, that's a hard...” (continue)(continue reading)
Rita Hayworth - Elsa Bannister
Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara

“- Lui: What did Hiroshima mean to you, in France?
- Elle: The end of the war... completely, I mean. Amazement that they dared, amazement that they succeeded. And for us, the start of an unknown fear. Then, indifference. And fear of that indifference.”
Eiji Okada - Lui
Emmanuelle Riva - Elle

“- Ford: Welcome to France, boys.
- Boyce: [curious] What happened here?
- Ford: Some questions aren't good answers.”
Wyatt Russell - Ford
Jovan Adepo - Boyce

“I wish I was in France killing pigs of Germans instead of mosquitos.”
George Tobias - Petit

“Agatha Christie is so deadly serious in English... but in French, she's so delightfully funny! Je m'apelle Hercule Poirot, un detective. Her murders are so polite!”
Glenda May Jackson - Stevie

- Haywood: Is that a threat, Mrs. Grober?
- Patricia Grober: French teachers do not threaten, Monsieur. They say "S'il vous plait".
Michael Sinelnikoff - Haywood
Robin Bartlett - Patricia Grober

“The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.”
Maurice Chevalier

“- Toni: You know, I don't understand anything you are saying.
- Joel: Don't you speak French?
- Toni: Not your French.”
Valérie Quennessen - Toni
Miles Chapin - Joel

“- Rat Vendor - The French Revolution: Rats, rats for sale. Get your rats. Good for rat stew, rat soup, rat pies, or the ever-popular ratatouille.
- Nothing Vendor - The French Revolution: Nothing, I have absolutely nothing for sale!”

Jack Carter - Rat Vendor - The French Revolution
Jan Murray - Nothing Vendor - The French Revolution

“As the century began Britannia was rich with the fruits of worldwide trade. From the colonies there came not just silks and spices but a virulent and abominable plague. Naturally many suspected the French were to blame.”

Charles Dance - Mr. Bennet

“- Montagnais: They have hairy faces like dogs. Who are they?
- Chomina: They are French.”

Marco Bacon - Montagnais
August Schellenberg - Chomina

“- Chris: How do you know if a Frenchman has been in your backyard?
- Teddy: Hey, I'm French, okay?
- Chris: Your garbage cans are empty and your dog's pregnant.
- Teddy: Didn't I just say I was French?”
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers
Corey Feldman - Teddy Duchamp

“I think we should go to Paris. We'll be surrounded by rude French people. It should bring us closer.”
Reg Rogers - Bob

“- Claire Simone: Would you stop speaking French? Or whatever language you are speaking?
- James Granger: Well, if it weren't for us, you'd... you'd be speaking German.
- Claire Simone: No. If it was not for you, I might be dead. But I would still be speaking French.”
Cate Blanchett - Claire Simone
Matt Damon - James Granger

“- Keller Coleman: What was it like?
- Earl: France? I could tell it was, uh... well, it had been a pretty little country. But by the time we chased the Germans off of it, it was all beaten to hell. I think about goin' back. They probably got it all fixed up by now. I'd kinda' like to see it again.”
Breckin Meyer - Keller Coleman
Eddie Jones - Earl

“I live my life like a French movie.”
Jim True-Frost - David Bailey

“Did you know that the average French woman is naked 34 percent of the time?”

Chris Tucker - Carter

“To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.”
Anton Rodgers - Inspector Andre

“- Jon Swain: If the going gets rough, I heard our best bet's the French embassy.
- Sydney Schanberg: Who told you that?
- Jon Swain: The British embassy.”
Julian Sands - Jon Swain
Sam Waterston - Sydney Schanberg

“The more I go to the movies, the more I like French movies.”
Claude Lelouch

“The French values are so different from American values.”
Adrian Lyne

“- Ricky Bobby: You're in America, okay? Greatest country on the planet.
- Jean Girard: Well, what have you given the world apart from George Bush, Cheerios, and the ThighMaster?
- Ricky Bobby: Chinese food?
- Cal Naughton Jr.: Chinese food.
- Jean Girard: That's from China.
- Ricky Bobby: Pizza.
- Jean Girard: Italy.
- Cal Naughton Jr.:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Will Ferrell - Ricky Bobby
Sacha Baron Cohen - Jean Girard
John C. Reilly - Cal Naughton Jr.

“Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: the best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau”

Stéphane Roux - Narrator