Castle (TV Series)

Lucky Stiff (2011)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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Quotes 

• Javier Esposito : It's a winning ticket. Hard to believe a little slip of paper's worth over a hundred mil.

  Richard Castle : [more to Beckett]  What would you do if you won that kind of money?

  Javier Esposito : Easy. Buy a Ferrari.

  Richard Castle : I have one. Not as great as you would think.

  Javier Esposito : Yeah, but they're hella fast.

  Richard Castle : Well, as fast as every other car in rush hour traffic.

• Greg Page : [after the recording session is interrupted]  What the hell, yo? That was slammin'.

  Richard Castle : [improvising some rap lyrics]  Three armed cops and a writer makes four, you're under arrest, so get on the floor.

• Richard Castle : "Kill Me Now".

  Alexis Castle : [worried]  You got the cell phone bill?

  Richard Castle : No, uh... books from my publisher for back cover quotes.

  [pause] 

  Richard Castle : Wait... What about the cell phone bill?

  Alexis Castle : [innocently]  Nothing.

• Richard Castle : [his phone rings]  Ah, Detective Beckett. Did you call to tell me a bedtime story?

• Kate Beckett : Castle.

  Richard Castle : I know what you would do if you won the lottery.

  [enters the apartment without being asked] 

  Kate Beckett : By all means, please come in.

  [closes door] 

  Kate Beckett : So, what is your big insight into a financial decision that I will never have to make?

  Richard Castle : You would use the money to honor your mother's legacy. On the way over here, I called the dean of your mom's old law school. We talked about starting a scholarship in Johanna Beckett's name. One that would provide a full ride for a student planning on dedicating their career to those in the legal system without a voice. The kind of people your mom championed. And, with your blessing, I would like to host a fundraiser to fund it.

  Kate Beckett : You just can't stay out of my personal life, can you?

  [Castle is concerned until Beckett smiles] 

  Kate Beckett : Thank you. That's really sweet.

• Richard Castle : Hey, Ryan, what would you do if you won the lottery?

  Kevin Ryan : Winery.

  Richard Castle : [to Beckett]  See? Everyone thinks about it.

  Captain Roy Montgomery : [approaching]  Everybody thinks about what?

  Richard Castle : What they would do if they won the lottery.

  Captain Roy Montgomery : A big-ass boat, 60-footer. Monster spinnaker hanging off the bow, two deep-sea rods hanging off the stern.

  Richard Castle : Sweet.

  Kate Beckett : Okay, while you guys are fantasizing about the size of your rods, I'm gonna go and interrogate our suspect.

• Richard Castle : [their murder suspect is covered in blue dye from a dye pack]  Either that guy really likes "Avatar"...

  Kate Beckett : Or he's our killer.

• Kate Beckett : Any idea how much money was in here?

  Reginald Easley : $100,000, secured in a bank bag.

  Kevin Ryan : Uh, this is Reginald Easley. He's Mr. Hixton's servant.

  Reginald Easley : "Servant"? Young man, I am a traditional English butler. I apprenticed at Buckingham Palace.

  Kate Beckett : Did he always keep that much hard cash in the safe?

  Reginald Easley : Mr. Hixton came from an impoverished background. He found having hard currency around reassuring.

  Kate Beckett : How many people knew that it was there?

  Reginald Easley : Dozens, no doubt. He had a habit of buying everything in sight. No thought to how much money he was flashing around, or how dangerous it was to tell people that there was plenty more of it at home.

  Richard Castle : In New York, that's like inviting someone back to your house to kill you.

• Kate Beckett : Wow. Sounds like that money really turned Hixton into a different person for a little while.

  Richard Castle : Yeah, money doesn't change who you are. It just... magnifies your personality.

  Javier Esposito : Well, it wasn't all bad. He also bought a house for the clerk that sold him the winning ticket, a mausoleum for his dead neighbor, and... three acres on the moon.

  Richard Castle : Get out of town. He's right down the crater from me.

  Kate Beckett : Why doesn't it surprise me that you have property on the moon?

  Richard Castle : You know what, laugh it up. When the earth is a desiccated husk, you will be begging to come live with me in the Nectaris Basin.

• Richard Castle : Whoa! Looks like you made a serious dent into your surprise inheritance. Is it safe to say there is not an animal print left in any store in New York City?

  Martha Rodgers : Very funny.

  [looks down herself] 

  Martha Rodgers : Probably true.

• Richard Castle : Writing a best seller in college is a lot like winning the lottery. I spent *every* penny of it in six months. Good thing I'm not a one-hit wonder.

• Kate Beckett : A million dollars? Your mom must be in *shock*. Any idea what she's gonna do with it?

  Richard Castle : Well, if I'm lucky, get a place of her own.

• [Castle and Beckett are going undercover with his Ferrari] 

  Richard Castle : All right. Got the keys.

  Kate Beckett : Oh, great. I'm driving.

  Richard Castle : [laughs]  You're driving? Beckett, this is... this is a Ferrari. A high-performance vehicle designed to respond instantaneously to your every whim, your every movement, every...

  [Beckett grabs the keys from Castle]