Alexis Castle quotes from Castle

So, how was your day?

Alexis

I had a truly great day. I got pulled out of class and called to the vice-principal's office.

Why? What did she want?

Alexis

You. Here's her number.

Her number?

Alexis

Oh! And my German teacher, Fraulein Sonnenberg wanted me to tell you, auf Deutsch, "Du hast Sexappeal." She's two years from ordering off the senior menu, but here's her number, too.

Fraulein Sonnenberg?

Alexis

Too old? That's okay, 'cause my friend Sloan thinks you're real choice. She's 17, but she'll be legal in three months. Hey, maybe we could double?

[beginning to grin] Oh? You hate me a little bit right now, don't you?

Alexis

Just a little.

Well, we both learned a valuable lesson today. You learned that you can expand your horizons and grow. I learned that, if that involves short skirts and boys, [sternly] I’m not going to like it.

Alexis

Fair enough.

[Cuts himself while trying to cut a tomato] What's the difference between curse and clumsy?

Alexis

I'll get a bandaid.

Get two.

Um…You’re going orienteering, not library-ing. You sure you want to take that many books?

Alexis

Over-ambitious for a five-day trip?

You’re going to be responsible for your own pack. I think you’re supposed to be more Sacagawea than a scholarly reader. Besides, look at all those pages. The trees might want revenge.

What broke?

Alexis

Stupid glass.

Remind me to get smarter glasses.

Then we can take over the world! [Laughs evilly]

Alexis

Not helpful.

But evil!

Or maybe by this weekend, I’ll figure out a way to take this tank of liquid nitrogen and build it into a weather machine. I’ll make it rain! You friends will have to cancel their trip. You won’t have to choose, and then we can take over the world! [Laughs evilly]

Alexis

Not helpful.

But evil.

Alexis

I think you've been writing too long not to know that it’s “I” before “E” except after “C.” Ever heard of spell-check?

Yes, of course. She’s got red hair, she’s wise beyond her years, and she’s about to tell her dad what she thinks of the latest chapter of his new book.

He wants to learn more about my writing process.

Martha

And by "writing process" you mean your procrastination until the very last second...

Alexis

And then writing out of a desperate panic in a caffeine-induced haze.

Martha

That one?

No, not that one. [Alexis giggles] The one where I find authenticity by doing hands-on research with the NYPD.

Hey, uh, if it's not overstepping, just in the interest of keeping it real, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions for the case I'm coming up with for Seriously Dead.

[Hands him her card] Why don't you just give me a buzz when the two of you are done.

[To Castle] I mean, if it's okay with you.

[Glares at Beckett] Why wouldn't it be okay?

Okay.

Okay.

It's so not okay! After everything I've done for him, he goes and tries to steal my muse!

Alexis

Muse thievery, what's the punishment for that? Five to ten in mythology jail?

Alexis

[Bringing Castle breakfast in bed] Breakfast time!

Oh! What did I do to deserve this? Other than, you know, being... me.

Alexis

Isn't that enough?

Okay, what do you want?

Alexis

Nothing! Why do I have to want something?

March, 1999, you wanted a Hello Kitty backpack. I got French toast with a whipped-cream smiley face. October, 2004, you wanted a set of mint condition, Empire Strikes Back lightsabers. I got an omelet shaped like Darth Vader.

Martha

This is... the best thing that has ever happened to you. Rejection is the bedrock of a great acting career. Until an actor has suffered, he hasn't really lived.

Alexis

Thanks, gram.

Martha

You're welcome. And besides, auditions are like men. There's another one right around the corner.

I think that nothing is certain. And that you could be ending something that might’ve worked if you’d just given it a little more time.

Alexis

What if I’m just cutting my losses on something that was never meant to be?

Then we can be the father-daughter version of Grey Gardens. Life is a journey. And there is no predicting the outcome. The only thing you can control are your choices. And they’ll… They’ll define who you are. I would just hate to see you so focused on the problem right in front of you that you completely miss the entire picture.

Ashley. What are you doing here?

Hey, Mr. Castle.

Alexis

Hey, Dad, guess what?

[Smiling] What?

Alexis

I’m going to Stanford.

[Blinks in confusion] What?

Alexis

I’m applying for early admission. And since I’ve been taking extra classes each semester since my freshman year, I have enough credits to graduate in the fall.

[Sitting down, stunned] …What?

Alexis

Yeah. This way, Ash and I will be together in January, in college!

[In greater confusion] What?

That was actually her idea, sir.

[In disbelief] What?

Alexis

How do you do it, dad?

Do what?

Alexis

Well, that letter that you have framed in your office.

[fondly] My first manuscript rejection.

Alexis

Yeah. How can you stand having it there?

Because it drives me. And I got twenty more of those before Black Pawn ever agreed to publish In a Hail of Bullets. That letter... that letter reminds me of what I've overcome. Rejection isn't failure.

Alexis

It sure feels like failure.

No, failure is giving up. Everybody gets rejected. It's how you handle it that determines where you'll end up.

Alexis

My whole life has been about making sure I could get into any college I wanted. What's it about now?

Give it time. You'll figure it out.