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Here are some of Jean-Paul Belmondo's cult lines from among his some 75 films:

- "Breathless", by Jean-Luc Godard (1960): "If you don't like the sea, if you don't like the mountains, if you don't like the city ... fuck! "

- "A monkey in winter", by Henri Verneuil (1962): "A paella without shellfish is like a leg without garlic, a crook without a rosette: something that displeases God!"

- "L'Homme de Rio", by Philippe de Broca (1964): "Leaving his country, his family, his army, his friends, crossing the oceans to see a damsel tossing about in the noise of pots and pans, that seems to you normal? "

- "One hundred thousand dollars in the sun", by Henri Verneuil (1964): "When the 130 kg guys say certain things, the 60 kg ones listen to them".

- "The Mississippi Mermaid", by François Truffaut (1969): - Jean-Paul Belmondo: "When I look at you, it's a pain" - Catherine Deneuve: "Yet yesterday, you said it was a joy" - Jean-Paul Belmondo: "It is a joy and a suffering".

- "Borsalino", by Jacques Deray (1970): - Alain Delon: "François, why are you leaving?"

- Jean-Paul Belmondo: "Because there are two of us".

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon in Boulogne-Billancourt in the Hauts-de-Seine on September 14, 2010 PATRICK KOVARIK AFP / Archives

- "Doctor Popaul", by Claude Chabrol (1972): "I have had enough of being loved for myself, I would like to be loved for my money".

- "Cop or thug", by Georges Lautner (1979): "I know you didn't kill the other fool! But you had others shot! If we add to that the racketeering, the drugs , bitches, it's been a nice career anyway! The twenty years that you are going to take, it is a little the medal of the work that we are going to give you. "

- "Le Gignolo", by Georges Lautner (1980): "Do you know what the difference is between a con and a thief? A thief, from time to time, it takes a rest".

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- "Itinerary of a spoiled child", by Claude Lelouch (1988): "The best way to make people believe that you know everything is never to seem surprised. Because you often have the looks surprised, it's a flaw (...) It's astonishing but it should not surprise you ".

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