- 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...