“We are so used to making empty promises on a daily basis, ... Here's a guy who makes a promise to a kid and risks his own life to keep that word. So I think people think, 'Oh, I wish I could be that good.'”
“It's the guy who drives the fast cars, can beat up the rest of the guys and gets the girl, ... You could say it's a working-class James Bond. A Bond who drinks Heineken and not Dom Perignon champagne. He's a bit less refined, but still very capable.”
“Audience-pleasing gems can get discovered in Toronto rather then lost in the shuffle because you have a great cross section of audiences that attend these screenings,”
“People say, be wary of sequels, but I was gung ho to do this as much as you possibly could be, ... The Transporter was an amazing turn in my career -- my first leading role. I got to do a lot of action, which I'd always wanted to do as a very physical person, especially with my background as an athlete for years, and so to incorporate all that into a movie role was like a dream come true for me. And then to do it for a second time? It's a real privilege. There's a ton of actors out there who'd give their right leg to do it, so to go, `No, I'm too good for a sequel' is a little bit out of my mindset.”
“[While the backdrop may have changed,] Frank really hasn't, ... He's not like some new reformed man or anything. He's in Miami and sort of taking a break, doing an easy job as a favor for a friend. But as soon as the old trouble knocks on his door, he's back to what he does best -- even though he's reluctant, as he always is, to get stuck in and be involved in all these messy situations. We still keep him with a good set of morals and good instincts, and as a likable guy.”
