Man on the Train (2002)

Jean Rochefort: Monsieur Manesquier

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• Monsieur Manesquier : Do you want to know a secret?

  Milan : Do I have any choice?

• Monsieur Manesquier : [after an abortive confrontation]  I suppose my time hasn't come.

  Milan : That took guts.

  Monsieur Manesquier : I try picking a fight and find someone who likes me.

  Milan : You'd have preferred broken bottles?

  Monsieur Manesquier : [shrugs]  It would have been something to remember.

• Milan : Why two combs and two toothbrushes?

  Monsieur Manesquier : There are two kinds of men. Those who say, "I must buy a toothbrush; I've lost mine," they're adventurers. And those who have an extra brush.

  Milan : What are they?

  Monsieur Manesquier : Planners, at best.

  Milan : You have two of everything?

  Monsieur Manesquier : [smiles]  No, three!

• Monsieur Manesquier : After playing a piece on the piano, turns to Johnny Hallyday and asks: "And you, Monsieur, are you musical? Ironic, because Hallyday was probably the top rock and roller of his generation in France...