Frank Abagnale

“The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.”

“If I had the uniform on, you didn't doubt for a moment I was a pilot. No one ever blinked an eye if I tried to cash a cheque wearing that uniform.”

“Christopher Walken and Nathalie Baye played my parents so well that I really thought I was in my living room at Christmas. My mother couldn't have been played more correctly.”

“If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it.”

“In the old days, a con man would be good looking, suave, well dressed, well spoken and presented themselves real well. Those days are gone because it's not necessary. The people committing t...”

“The biggest thing that concerns me is when we start getting countries using cybercrime to shut down infrastructure, electricity, communications systems, the Internet, et cetera.”

“When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'”

“I contend that there really are no more con men. There's no need for con men anymore. There's no need for the very sophisticated, suave guy, the well-dressed guy. Today, you steal with the c...”

“If I wanted to lay down a baby con, I could say I was the product of a broken home. But I'd only be bum-rapping my parents.”

“If you look at any successful professional - a salesperson, a marketer, a real estate agent, a trader - they all have the same qualities as the con man. The only difference is that one side...”

“You can sit in a room and create anything you want on a laptop. That's why the real con men are gone.”

“Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.”

“In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect.”

“When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.'”

“It's quite flattering to have Leonardo DiCaprio play you in the movie. He's a great-looking young man.”

“Unlike most divorces, where the children were usually the first to know, my parents were very good about keeping that a secret.”

“If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'.”

“I'm so different from the egotistical, self-centred person I was when I did those things. And to watch someone acting out your memories on the screen is like reliving it. Like someone taking...”

“When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.”

“I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to...”