If you happen to tell me where you were born, your date of birth and that kind of information, then I’m 98 percent of the way to stealing your identity. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
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. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
When ‘Catch Me If You Can’ was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What’s amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
I was an opportunist and got away with things because I was very young, but I went to prison and came out and remade my life. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
If I had been brilliant or a genius, I wouldn’t have needed to break the law just to survive. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
I would have thought technology would have made it harder to do what I did. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
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. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
I was very blessed it was Steven Spielberg who made the movie. He was very much into the redemption side of the story. They asked him in an interview why he had owned the rights to this story for 20 years before he made the movie, and he said, ‘I wanted to see what the real Frank Abagnale did with his life before I immortalised him on film.’ Frank Abagnale Read Quote
It’s quite flattering to have Leonardo DiCaprio play you in the movie. He’s a great-looking young man. Frank Abagnale Read Quote
I served my time and came out of prison when I was just 26 and have worked with the government for 37 years. But people only remember me for what I did before that. Frank Abagnale Read Quote