Frank Castle quotes from Daredevil: Born Again

Frank Castle

I'll tell you what I think, Red.

Matt

Tell me. Tell me what you think.

Frank

I don't think you came here for my help. See, I think you want my permission. You wanna get your hands on somebody, huh? You wanna hurt 'em. Maybe you're a little bit scared. A little scared about what that means.

Matt

That's an interesting take, I like it. But ah, yeah, no. Sorry, buddy. Way off on that one.

Frank

So full of shit, Counselor, so full of shit. You're guilty.

Matt

Excuse me?

Frank

Yeah. That guilt, that shame, that's my home, Red. I mean, I can see it on you, I can smell it on you, it's all over you.

Frank

Yeah, you come at me with that horseshit about saving lives. How 'bout that friend of yours, you save his life? You lost him, didn't you, Red?

Matt

It's not about him.

Frank

Then say his name.

Matt

It's not about him. It's not about him.

Frank

Ah, for Christ's sake, say his name! Say his name, you coward, say his name! It's not about him? You hate yourself! It's eating you up because you ain't done a goddamn thing about it! So--

Matt

Ah, goddamn it. Goddamn you. Sorry. I apologize.

Frank

What are you sorry for? First honest thing you did, Red.

Matt

It's not about him.

Frank

No.

Matt

Okay?

Frank

It's all about him. He talks to you, doesn't he? You hear his voice. You do, don't you? Every time I stop moving, I still hear my little boy. I see him. And I hear his voice -- He says "Get 'em, Daddy. Every last single one of 'em, get 'em." That's why I do what I do. That's why it's eating at you. That's why it's eating at you, because you know you didn't do a goddamn thing, and it's gonna keep eating at you. It's gonna keep eating and eating and eating, there's no getting away with it, you understand?

Matt

I ran him down.

Frank

Oh, for Christ's sake.

Matt

I did what I had to do, and I let the system take care of the rest.

Frank

Oh, you and your goddamn sys-- You and your goddamn system! Christ! So what now?! Every day, Bullseye goes to the chow hole, eats his slop, you know he gets to breathe the same air that you breathe. You feel good about that?

Matt

HE GOT LIFE!

Frank

How 'bout ol' Foggy? Did he get life?

Matt

Foggy... He was the... kindest, purest soul I ever met. And guys like you and me? We can work a lifetime and never measure up to his decency. Goodbye, Frank.

Frank

Hey, Red?

Matt

Yeah.

Frank

Why would you take a bullet for that asshole?

Matt

That's a good question.

Powell

It's an honor to meet you, Castle. I'm a big admirer of your work.

Frank

Jesus Christ…

Powell

And I lost a lot of guys 'cause of you today. And I'm hoping that this is fuckin' worth it. Listen, Frank, everything that you do, you know, you can do that with us, and you don't gotta run anymore. These guys fuckin' idolize you, man. We all do. It'd be an honor to serve with you, Frank.

Frank

"Admire me", huh?

Powell

Yeah.

Frank

Yeah. Hey... Out of your fuckin' mind, you know that? You're a bunch of clowns, you know that? You fuckin' clowns. Admire me. You think you know my pain? You think you know my loss? You admire me? What do you know about me? How I see the world? You know how I see the world? It's just a circus. A bunch of clowns. I ain't gonna serve with you. I won't fuckin' piss on you if you were on fire, you got that?