Jean Reno movie quotes
52 quotes from 6 movies
Léon (1994) as Léon
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The rifle is the first thing you learn, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.
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Keep calm. Don't take your eyes off him. Breathe easy. Watch his movement. Pretend you're running with him -- try to feel his next movement. Take a deep breath... hold it... now.
Flushed Away (2006) as Le Frog
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Forgive me my warty English cousin, but this bizarre obsession with rats; it is not good for you. You are becoming what we French call "le fruitcake!"
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I have triumphed! You stupid English, with your Yorkshire puddings and your chips and fish! You thought you could defeat Le Frog? Un... Deux... Trois!
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You rodents!
Ronin (1998) as Vincent
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Everyone's your brother until the rent comes due.
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No questions. No answers. That's the business we're in. You accept it and move on. Maybe that's lesson number three...
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Sam: You labour or management?
Vincent: If I was management, I wouldn't have given you a cigarette.
Vincent: If I was management, I wouldn't have given you a cigarette.
The Pink Panther (2006) as Ponton
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[Clouseau and Ponton go to question the new head coach of the French national football team]
Vainqueur: You wanted to see me?
Clouseau: You are Vainquer?
Vainqueur: Yes. And who are you?
Clouseau: I am Inspector Clouseau. Per'aps you 'ave 'eard of me.
Vainqueur: No.
Clouseau: [notices Ponton taking notes] Don't write that down!
Vainqueur: What do you want?
Clouseau: I am told that Bizu hated Gluant.
Vainqueur: A lot of people hated Gluant.
Clouseau: Did you?
Vainqueur: I spent six years under his thumb, being verbally abused every day. Yes, I was not a fan of Yves Gluant.
Clouseau: And now 'e is dead... and you have his job. How ironic.
Vainqueur: Not every death is a tragedy.
Ponton: And, what was the-
Clouseau: Footsteps. Its a young woman. 30 to 35 years old. 5"2, 5"4. Brunette. And she is wearing high heels. Perhaps a bit too formal for the afternoon. She has on...[sniffs air] Chanel number 5. [The footsteps are shown to be those of Yuri, the team trainer].
Inspector Clouseau: Is anyone with you?
Yuri: No.
Inspector Clouseau: Do you have a pair of high 'eels in that bag?
Yuri: No.
Inspector Clouseau: Not even a small pair of pumps?
Yuri: No?
Inspector Clouseau: Who are you?
Yuri: I am Yuri, the trainer.
Inspector Clouseau: So what is it you do here, Yuri the trainer?
Yuri: I... train.
Inspector Clouseau: So you are Yuri the trainer who trains. humph. [turns away from Yuri, then suddenly turns and points at Yuri]
Inspector Clouseau: DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE!
Yuri: Bu-but I have to go to Asia.
Inspector Clouseau: Okay... DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE OR ASIA!
Yuri: And we have one match in Brazil.
Inspector Clouseau: Alright... DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE, ASIA, OR ZE AMERICAS!
Yuri: Okay.
Vainqueur: You wanted to see me?
Clouseau: You are Vainquer?
Vainqueur: Yes. And who are you?
Clouseau: I am Inspector Clouseau. Per'aps you 'ave 'eard of me.
Vainqueur: No.
Clouseau: [notices Ponton taking notes] Don't write that down!
Vainqueur: What do you want?
Clouseau: I am told that Bizu hated Gluant.
Vainqueur: A lot of people hated Gluant.
Clouseau: Did you?
Vainqueur: I spent six years under his thumb, being verbally abused every day. Yes, I was not a fan of Yves Gluant.
Clouseau: And now 'e is dead... and you have his job. How ironic.
Vainqueur: Not every death is a tragedy.
Ponton: And, what was the-
Clouseau: Footsteps. Its a young woman. 30 to 35 years old. 5"2, 5"4. Brunette. And she is wearing high heels. Perhaps a bit too formal for the afternoon. She has on...[sniffs air] Chanel number 5. [The footsteps are shown to be those of Yuri, the team trainer].
Inspector Clouseau: Is anyone with you?
Yuri: No.
Inspector Clouseau: Do you have a pair of high 'eels in that bag?
Yuri: No.
Inspector Clouseau: Not even a small pair of pumps?
Yuri: No?
Inspector Clouseau: Who are you?
Yuri: I am Yuri, the trainer.
Inspector Clouseau: So what is it you do here, Yuri the trainer?
Yuri: I... train.
Inspector Clouseau: So you are Yuri the trainer who trains. humph. [turns away from Yuri, then suddenly turns and points at Yuri]
Inspector Clouseau: DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE!
Yuri: Bu-but I have to go to Asia.
Inspector Clouseau: Okay... DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE OR ASIA!
Yuri: And we have one match in Brazil.
Inspector Clouseau: Alright... DO NOT LEAVE EUROPE, ASIA, OR ZE AMERICAS!
Yuri: Okay.
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Ponton: He was just found dead in a training facility locker room. Shot in the head.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Was it fatal?
Ponton: Yes.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: How fatal?
Ponton: Um, completely.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I want to speak to him now!
Ponton: [looking confused] He's dead.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Was it fatal?
Ponton: Yes.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: How fatal?
Ponton: Um, completely.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: I want to speak to him now!
Ponton: [looking confused] He's dead.
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Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Without you, I would be nothing!
Dreyfus: Perhaps you still are.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Ha! Excellent verbal joust, inspector! We must do lunch sometime. Had it not been for you, who knows? Someone else might have won the Medal of Honor this year.
Dreyfus: [Grumbling as Clouseau gets in the car] Yes, I know. Idiot. [Looks down] Oh no.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: What? What did you say?
Ponton: Nothing.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: You mean, you didn't just say: Stop the car, dear God, I beg of you, stop the car?
Ponton: No.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Hmm.
[Chief Inspector Dreyfus seen screaming while his coat is stuck in the car door]
Chief Inspector Dreyfus: CLOUSEAU!
Dreyfus: Perhaps you still are.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Ha! Excellent verbal joust, inspector! We must do lunch sometime. Had it not been for you, who knows? Someone else might have won the Medal of Honor this year.
Dreyfus: [Grumbling as Clouseau gets in the car] Yes, I know. Idiot. [Looks down] Oh no.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: What? What did you say?
Ponton: Nothing.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: You mean, you didn't just say: Stop the car, dear God, I beg of you, stop the car?
Ponton: No.
Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Hmm.
[Chief Inspector Dreyfus seen screaming while his coat is stuck in the car door]
Chief Inspector Dreyfus: CLOUSEAU!
Flyboys (2006) as Captain Thenault
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[To one of his pilots, complaining of a German pilot who killed a member of the French squadron after he successfully crash-landed] Reports can be filed. But you want justice? You are the man in the sky. You are the man with the gun.
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We don't want you bringing bullets home; we have millions. [Points at the sky] Leave the bullets up there. Let the Germans take them home.
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Captain Thenault: Any questions?
Eddie Beagle: [raises hand] Yes, sir. Will we be back by lunch?
[The pilots snicker]
Captain Thenault: I mean any intelligent questions.
Eddie Beagle: Sorry. Just trying to loosen things up.
Captain Thenault: Don't.
Eddie Beagle: [raises hand] Yes, sir. Will we be back by lunch?
[The pilots snicker]
Captain Thenault: I mean any intelligent questions.
Eddie Beagle: Sorry. Just trying to loosen things up.
Captain Thenault: Don't.
Mission: Impossible (1996) as Franz Krieger
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Franz Krieger: While we're in Virginia let's stop by Fort Knox. I'll fly a helicopter through the lobby and land right inside the vault. And it would be a hell of a lot easier than breaking into the goddamn CIA.
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Franz Krieger: Try sleight of hand with me and I'll cut your throat.
