Catch Me If You Can Monologues

Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

Yeah, but there's no crease in the paper. When your mom hands you a note to miss school, the first thing you do is, you fold it and you put it in your pocket. I mean, if it's real, where's the crease?

Dear Dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid.

Absolutely. Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out. Amen.

Looked like you were wearing a wedding ring out in Los Angeles. I thought maybe you had a family.

All right. I'm at my suite at the Stuyvesant Arms, room 3113. In the morning, I leave for Las Vegas for the weekend.

I'm really sorry if I made a fool out of you. I really am.

The same reason the Yankees always win. Nobody can keep their eyes off the pinstripes.

Brenda, I don't want to lie to you anymore. All right? I'm not a doctor. I never went to medical school. I'm not a lawyer, or a Harvard graduate, or a Lutheran. Brenda, I ran away from home a year and a half ago when I was 16.

Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, this is irrefutable evidence that the defendant is, in fact, lying.

There's no perforated edge, right? This check was hand-cut, not fed. The paper's double-bonded, much too heavy to be a bank check. Magnetic ink, it's raised against my fingers, not flat. This doesn't smell like MICR, it's some kind of, uh, some kind of drafting ink. The kind you get at a stationery store.

I've already got a job here, you know. I, uh, deliver the mail.

Carl? Carl! Merry Christmas! How is it we're always talking on Christmas, Carl? Every Christmas, I'm talking to you!

The truth is I'm not a doctor or a lawyer. I'm not an airline pilot. I'm nothing really. I'm just a kid in love with your daughter.

The truth is, sir, that… The truth is that… I'm not a doctor, I'm not a lawyer, I'm not an airline pilot. I'm… I'm nothing, really. I'm-I'm-I'm just a kid who's in love with your daughter.