Castle (TV Series)

Inventing the Girl (2009)

Nathan Fillion: Richard Castle

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Quotes 

• Lanie Parish : [about the murder weapon]  Well, based on the wound, I made a reconstruction. It's four-sided. It's slimmer at the tip and gets progressively wider at the base. Also, I found traces of glass in the wound.

  Richard Castle : She was stabbed with the Washington Monument?

• Kate Beckett : So, what would Nikki Heat do after a bad day?

  Richard Castle : She'd go home, pour a stiff drink, run a hot bath, read a good book.

  Kate Beckett : [wrinkling her nose]  Too bad I don't have a good book to read.

  Richard Castle : Umm. I'd let you have "Heat Wave", but my publisher doesn't want any copies leaking out.

  Kate Beckett : Why'd you let that Cosmo reporter read it, then?

  Richard Castle : Well, that's for publicity purposes. You know, you want the press to have a little taste of... Wait, whoa, is... is that why you've been so upset? Because I let her read it before you?

  Kate Beckett : I am the inspiration. I should be reading it before a reporter does.

  Richard Castle : Why didn't you just say so?

  Kate Beckett : Why didn't you just give it to me?

  Richard Castle : Why didn't you ask?

  Kate Beckett : Why didn't it occur to you?

  Richard Castle : [after momentarily lost for words]  You'll have it by tomorrow.

• Javier Esposito : Hey, by the way, our buddy Will has a girlfriend we might want to talk to. There's, uh, some photos of her right here in the back.

  Kevin Ryan : Look at naked pictures? If you insist.

  Kate Beckett : Castle, check this out.

  Richard Castle : Look at naked pictures? If you insist.

• Richard Castle : [to his mother]  And unemployed divas who live in glass houses, rent-free, should not throw stones.

• [talking about the young fashion model that wrote her phone number on Castle's hand] 

  Kate Beckett : [to Ryan and Esposito]  Rina used to baby-sit Alexis, fellas. So, as far as Big Rick here is concerned, she might as well be wearing a chastity belt.

  Richard Castle : Thank you for that visual image. That's... And also, thank you for calling me "Big Rick."

• [Castle and Alexis have been helping Martha practice lines for awhile] 

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, guys. Come on. Don't you want me to land this role?

  Richard Castle : Of course we do. It's just...

  Alexis Castle : Yeah.

  Martha Rodgers : Look, we are talking about the lead in a Broadway play. This is a potential gold mine. If it's a hit, who knows how long it could run? Then I could take it on the road.

  Alexis Castle : You mean you'd leave us?

  Martha Rodgers : Well, only for nine months of the year. Oh, don't look so sad.

  [tapping Castle with her script] 

  Martha Rodgers : And you, don't look so happy.

  Richard Castle : [his phone rings]  Castle.

  [pause] 

  Richard Castle : I'll be right there.

  [pause] 

  Richard Castle : All right.

  [he hangs up] 

  Richard Castle : Death. Murder. Mayhem. Whole enchilada. Sorry to bail on rehearsal.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, don't worry. Alexis can read both parts. It's all right if she misses a morning of school, isn't it?

  Alexis Castle : [grabbing Castle's hand and whispers]  Take me with you.

  Richard Castle : [whispers]  To a crime scene?

  Alexis Castle : It'd be educational. Please?

  [Castle glances at Martha, then turns back to Alexis] 

  Richard Castle : Find your own hiding place.

• Richard Castle : [searching a suspect's home]  A single comp card? That's not very stalker-y. Where's the big, creepy wall of Jenna?

• [regarding the murder victim] 

  Kate Beckett : We gotta find out who she is and what she was doing here so late, though.

  Richard Castle : Well, she's tall, she's gorgeous... 10 pounds underweight. Her hair is fried, she's wearing too much eye makeup. She's a model.

• Richard Castle : Which means she was probably at a club last night. It is, after all, Fashion Week, when all the hottest women in the world descend upon the hippest nightspots like locusts... Only, locusts eat.

• [last lines] 

  Richard Castle : Color me shocked, but apparently the modeling world isn't all sexy clothes and fun parties. It occurred to me that if Jenna McBoyd had someone looking out for her a little bit, she might still be alive today. So... if Rina needs a friend, she knows she's got one.

  Martha Rodgers : Oh, my son... the big softie. And don't worry, I know you have a... image to protect. Your secret's save with me.