Frank Abagnale

I know that people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but what I did was immoral, illegal, unethical, and something that I am not proud of - nor will I ever be proud of. ”

Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved. ”

Every form of payment has some risk associated with it. ”

I think I was so successful, not because I was brilliant, but because I was so young. I had no fear of consequences. ”

One thing I've found is that if you educate and show people the risk, they will do something about it. ”

I was just a guy who ran away from home at 16 because my parents were getting a divorce and the judge was making me choose which parent to live with. I didn't want to make that choice. I ended up in New York City. ”

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.' ”

Everything I have today was because of the love of a woman. ”

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21. ”

Most people are fascinated by what I did as a teenager, but when I look back at my life, I don't think very much about those years. 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. ”