Talk English to me, Tommy.
Parlez francais avec moi, Nicole.
But the meanings are different-- in French you can be heroic and gallant with dignity, and you know it. But in English you can't be heroic and gallant without being a little absurd, and you know that too.

“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it,…”

“His hand took hold of hers, and as she said something low in his ear he turned …”

“agonizingly aware of the money in the vicinity and convinced it was theirs for …”

“Go on, she urged. Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.”