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12:36 am
February 19, 2010


dmcw

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Thnaks for the links to interviews, everyone. I had seen many of them, but enjoyed watching/listening again!

I was having Castle withdrawal tonight and was flipping through my favorite season 2 scenes on the DVR…not sure if this has been mentioned on this thread, but I love the bathroom scene in Fool Me Once…it's not as if Stana has a lot of dialogue aside from "Castle, what are you doing here?", but she is priceless in that scene…the disgust, curiosity, eagerness, and shock she displays with her facial expressions have me erupting into giggles every time.

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2:03 am
February 19, 2010


KalliopePL

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Jamz said:We should make a thread with a collection of all the video interviews. It's ridiculous how many times I've watched them. She could read the phone book and make it interesting and funny. And like other have said, her laugh is infectious.


Not just video, also press interviews are great :) So, two separate threads – one for video interviews and the second one for the press interviews. I can start the video one when I'm back home after work tonight, since I have a lot of video interviews collected in my Youtube account, so it's just gonna be "copy-paste" links :)

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3:21 am
February 19, 2010


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Argh, my quote button doesn't work. You're so right dmcw, some of Stana's best "lines" are her expressions. That scene in "Fool Me Once" is great, like you said, she hardly says anything but she says so much with those faces. Going back to the pilot when Castle is guessing her life story, her face just speaks volumes about how close his words are hitting to home.

Two of my favorite subtle expressions that say so much are in "Sucker Punch". After he asks if she knows why he chose her and he says "because you're tall", her face is part heartbreak, part resolve and partly touched by the way he summed up his admiration for her in one word. Then at the end, after she says that he makes the job a little more fun, there is kind of an imploring eyebrow raise, like she's just waiting to hear his response to her confession that she actually likes having him around. She really just works the controlled experessions so well, they're part of the dialogue.

9:04 am
February 19, 2010


dmcw

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My quote and reply isn't working either, as usual…Kitten, you mentioned my other 2 favorite nonverbal dialogue moments! I just love that tiny, tiny smile she gives Castle after the "tall" comment…even with that heartbreak still all over her face.

And that eyebrow raise at the end of the ep after she says he makes her job more fun…I like how you describe it as imploring/waiting for Castle's response…I had always imagined it to be like she was saying "You know what I mean? We are so awesome togther…who knows what can happen between us?" with that eyebrow raise.

Amazing acting when you can convey so much more to so many viewers with just a facial expression!

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10:20 am
February 19, 2010


Marbs84

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The line she says to her Dad, "I don't wanna lose this one, Dad." I love that scene with her and her Dad. It's another side to Kate that we had not seene before. She was part a child and part the determined Detective.

"I believe life takes us where we need to be." – Sasha Alexander
"The key to happiness is good health and a poor memory." – Ingrid Bergman

1:01 pm
February 19, 2010


Jamz

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I can't wait to see the new thread with the videos. I have lots in my youtube account as well but it'll be nice to see if I have them all.

I so agree with all of you about her facial expressions. Whether she's delivering the line or just reacting to something said it's incredible to read all that emotion.

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7:31 pm
February 19, 2010


Nev827

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Kitten and dmcw, I agree totally. Those are a couple of my favorite scenes, though I haven't seen the bathroom scene from Fool Me Once for a while. I have some great screencaps of her facial expressions from it though!

And thanks to Marbs for posting the radio interview. It was awesome. Though, it was a little odd that she laughed so much when they brought up Stiletto rather than thanked the DJ for the compliment. Sounded like she was embarrassed by the final film.

"Make you a deal," she said. "I'll watch my ass, you watch the crowd."

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9:51 pm
February 19, 2010


Kitten

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dmcw, I know, it's amazing that she's got such controlled expressions that say so much and still leave room for interpretation. I think I read the eyebrow raise as imploring because I don't think that's she completely sold yet on how great they could be together. Just the week before, in yet another great facial dialogue moment, right after Kyra says "he's all yours", it's almost like it finally dawned on her that there could be more to a relationship with Castle, the look that went across her face was bewilderment at the idea that someone else saw them as a pair and then realization of Castle as an actual love interest. So at the end of "Sucker Punch", that look to me is just waiting for his response because she's finally been totally vulnerable and honest and let her guard down and it seems like she's not entirely sure whether she will get a response from the the grown up Castle or the 12 year old Castle.

I've always liked the way she plays Beckett with a certain hesitation towards being girly around Castle. We know she likes to buy pretty dresses and that she's been a bridesmaid 6 times, but when Castle sends her that beautiful red dress, she wears it but kind of seems unsure of herself when Alexis says she looks great and she says "Really?".

I just love how multi-facted she has made Kate Beckett, and how she's slowly revealing different layers to "the Beckett onion", it feels like she's had so much more actual character development than Castle has had, and it's a good thing Stana is such a controlled actress to bring her to life.

10:53 pm
February 19, 2010


Marbs84

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Nev827 said:

Kitten and dmcw, I agree totally. Those are a couple of my favorite scenes, though I haven't seen the bathroom scene from Fool Me Once for a while. I have some great screencaps of her facial expressions from it though!

And thanks to Marbs for posting the radio interview. It was awesome. Though, it was a little odd that she laughed so much when they brought up Stiletto rather than thanked the DJ for the compliment. Sounded like she was embarrassed by the final film.

In my opinion, I think Stana is still not used to being complimented on her acting and especially her looks. When the guy mentioned Stiletto, to me it sounded more like, watch her in the movie cuz she's hot. So I think she didn't quite know how to react to it. I have never seen the movie but I have seen some clips of it and it seems like it's a violent movie. And yes, finding knifing people sexy is a little weird. hehehe.

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11:13 pm
February 19, 2010


Kitten

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Um yeah, "violent" is putting it mildly. Not many great lines or careful facial expressions needed when you're gutting a guy with a large knife and then putting a freaking tire iron through another guys face!! She literally stabs him in the face with the tire iron and it comes out the back of his head! Ugh!!!! I watched most of it in fast forward.

I don't remember any lines from that film, just blood. Yet another reason that I'm so glad that Castle really highlights her ability to deliver a line or a raised eyebrow.

Was just watching "Suicide Squeeze", and "Beckett, Kate, Detective, Thank you" is still cracking me up, fangirl Beckett is too funny.

11:50 pm
February 19, 2010


Marbs84

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Kitten said:

Um yeah, "violent" is putting it mildly. Not many great lines or careful facial expressions needed when you're gutting a guy with a large knife and then putting a freaking tire iron through another guys face!! She literally stabs him in the face with the tire iron and it comes out the back of his head! Ugh!!!! I watched most of it in fast forward.

I don't remember any lines from that film, just blood. Yet another reason that I'm so glad that Castle really highlights her ability to deliver a line or a raised eyebrow.

Was just watching "Suicide Squeeze", and "Beckett, Kate, Detective, Thank you" is still cracking me up, fangirl Beckett is too funny.

Oh thanks for telling me. I won't be watching that movie for sure. hehehe.

On "Suicide Squeeze" I love the line "I just met Joe Torre. So I guess anything is possible." She looked so shy and cute saying it too.

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1:20 am
February 20, 2010


Nev827

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Good point Kitten. Towards the beginning, when the DJ said that people were listening from all over the world, she did seem really surprised that people would tune in from Australia to listen to her. She was like 'Me? They're all tuning in to listen to little ol' me?" I guess it's easy to get embarrassed when you have so many people gushing all over you about how beautiful you are. I also forget that this is her first regular TV show where she's a main character.

Incidentally, I watched clips tonight from the TV shows where she was a guest and was really blown away by her acting, especially in the ER two-parter, and the CSI Miami episode. Also saw her clips from Feast of Love – THAT sure was a surprise, but she still did a great job. Where actors and actresses in general get the ability to dredge up such emotion as easily as the rest of us flip on a light switch I'll never know. But she is exceedingly good at it.

"Make you a deal," she said. "I'll watch my ass, you watch the crowd."

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10:43 pm
February 20, 2010


dmcw

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I hate that my quote and reply won't work! Kitten, I love that expression at the end of Rose For Everafter, too. And I like your interpretation of the imploring expression in Sucker Punch…you're right! She never knows if she's going to get the 12 year old Castle or the semi-adult one.

To me there is always that thread of fangirl running through her expressions at different times, also. No matter what she thinks of the viability of a real relationship with Castle-and I definitely think she isn't seeing that as a solid possibility yet-she is a HUGE fan of his, not to mention the fact that he is fun, charming, witty, cares about her, and has a passion for solving mysteries like she does. From the pilot when those different expressions crossed her face when he kissed her on the cheek (one of them totally flattered!) to the Heat Wave launch in When the Bough Breaks (after he compliments her and says "I was thinking…", she just seems like she is holding her breath in anticipation of some formal overture on his part…and then he ruins it by talking about the case) to the final scene in When the Bough Breaks when it looks like they will part ways and she is waiting for him to say/do SOMETHING, it seems to me that there is this small, irrational part of Beckett that is such a fan of Castle (increasingly so as she's gotten to know him) that would just love to be kissed or asked out by him.

That fangirliness seems to go along with that hesitation around Castle that you mention, Kitten…after all, as annoying as he is, he IS the famous Richard Castle (whose website she checks and whose books got her through her mom's death).

Both in word and expression, Beckett seems to be putting it out there a little more with Castle after the stuff with Kyra…telling him she wants him around, agreeing to go for burgers with him, talking about herself in a swimsuit…initiating the flirting more with him even if she hasn't thought anything about where that stuff might lead.

I could go on and on…Stana is just amazing as Beckett!

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12:14 pm
February 21, 2010


Nev827

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dmcw and Kitten I went back and read your posts carefully a couple times and you're right. She's finally coming around to the fact that others besides Lanie are seeing that something is going on between them. It's easy for her to write off Lanie's comments about her being jealous of Castle and Kyra or about their connection because she's been saying it from the beginning. But when a former love interest of Castle's who Beckett just met says it, it's going to make an impact.

I never quite got that look on Beckett's face after Kyra says "He's all yours" previously, but now I got it.

Joss Whedon once said that the stars of Firefly were born to play those characters and I think it's true for Nathan and Stana. Nobody else in Hollywood could hold a candle to their portrayal. Nathan always said he really got the character of Castle from the time he first read the script and it seems Stana really got Beckett too. I could go on and on as well!

"Make you a deal," she said. "I'll watch my ass, you watch the crowd."

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2:49 pm
February 22, 2010


Moby Dick

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Agree with all of you.Beckett can say volumes with a look. Castle seriously needs to catch up and"kiss that girl while you're both young".(Martha)Smile

"The heart wants what the Heart wants"

11:10 pm
February 25, 2010


Nev827

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Hi all. I must have missed something, but where does the Beckett quote "Shut the front door" come from? All accounts I've read have said it is one of Stana's best-remembered lines, but I don't remember it at all. Thanks for your help.

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11:15 pm
February 25, 2010


ShutTheFrontDoor!

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Hi all. I must have missed something, but where does the Beckett quote "Shut the front door" come from? All accounts I've read have said it is one of Stana's best-remembered lines, but I don't remember it at all. Thanks for your help.

It came from episode 2x04. It was also used in the promo. It is one of my favourite lines – hense the name! :)

Jordan: He cares about you, Kate. You may not see it. You may not be ready to. But he does.

♥ ♥ ♥

Kate: Of course he makes you feel alive but eventually you know he's just going to let you down. So, why risk it?

Castle: Because the heart wants what the heart wants.

2:15 am
February 26, 2010


KalliopePL

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ShutTheFrontDoor. said:

Hi all. I must have missed something, but where does the Beckett quote "Shut the front door" come from? All accounts I've read have said it is one of Stana's best-remembered lines, but I don't remember it at all. Thanks for your help.

It came from episode 2x04. It was also used in the promo. It is one of my favourite lines – hense the name! :)


Stana's delivery of this one is just priceless Bounce And now it also made it into a t-shirt! Bounce2

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11:37 pm
February 26, 2010


Nev827

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Thanks everyone. Now I know why I couldn't remember that quote – except for the ending in the bathroom, that wasn't my favorite episode. Though Stana's delivery of the line is, as usual, spot on.

"Make you a deal," she said. "I'll watch my ass, you watch the crowd."

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12:11 am
February 27, 2010


SinginPrincess

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I LOVE SOOOO MANY OF HER QUOTES!! TWO OF MY FAVOURITES ARE "shut the front door" and "That Was Joe Freakin' Torre!" haha I'm hooked on that one now :P STANA IS AMAZING! LOVE HER!

"That was Joe freakin' Torre! I gotta call my dad"

7:28 pm
February 27, 2010


molly_littlecastle

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thanks for this thread.I'm making a wallpaper with Beckett quotes and I found a lot here. :)'

I remembered some before I came to this thread, like "shut the front door!" and “He is annoying, self-centered, egotistical, and completely…” "What would Nicki Heat do after a bad day?"

Bounce

Castle: Just waiting for my partner. Maybe you've seen her, pretty girl, thinks she can leap tall buildings in a single bound,

carries the weight of the world on her shoulders, yet still manages to laugh at some of my jokes. 

Beckett: She sounds like a handful.

Castle: Tell me about it. Anyway…if you do see her, tell her she owns me….about 100 coffees. 

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2:14 am
March 7, 2010


Jamz

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How did anyone choose their favorite quote for the scrapbook deal? I'm waffling back and forth. It's the one thing hanging me up right now.

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3:22 am
March 7, 2010


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Most of these have been said before, but I gotta repeat them because they are an untter DELIGHT. A lot of these are funny, but some of these are just because I like the way she says it haha. And some of these are motions, or faces, cause yes, she makes pretty delightful facial expressions.

 

Season 1 (oh yeah…goin by seasons Evil)

 

"Oh come on. He's LYING."

"Harrison Tisdale?" (mainly cause she sounds like Morgenstern <3))

Castle: She's cute

Beckett: She's dead.

"Do I have to wait for him to sign, or can I shoot him now? No? Okay…"

"No, I have a case. You have paperwork…oooh, ow!"

"The husband? Duh."

Speakerphone moment in Hedgefund Homeboys

"Call me your muse again, and I'll break both your legs, kay?"

"You're watching me do paperwork…it's creepy." 

Her look in A Chill Goes Through Her Veins when Castle is at the scene before her.

"Hi?" (When Castle laser shoots her)

"And like most people in the city, he didn't own a car…"

"I don't wanna pretend."

"Yeah, maybe the doorman and the taxi driver helped stuff the body into the trunk. How much do you tip for these days?" (or something)

"Castle, I'm joking…"

Might be considered a little weird, but I like the way she says "jewelry" when talking about her mother's death.

"I guess your Nikki Heat has a backstory now Castle."

"Crime scene, dead body. A little respect here."

"Unholy storm? You dragged me in here so you could read from your own book?" (facial expression here is also UH-MAY-ZING)

"Cow's foot? You said it was beef!"

The ENTIRE interrogation scene with Evan Mitchell

"You know, we could always just cuddle Castle…"

"He's trying to humiliate me."

Alexis: You look incredible.

Beckett: Really?

Castle: Where was the badge?

Beckett: Don't ask.

"Did you really expect me to question him in the dress?"

"Man up, bro."

"Maybe someone should change their middle name to loser!"

I LOVE the scene with Beckett and Montgomery and Beckett talkin about Madame Plastic-surgery.

 

Season 2

"Sometimes when I am bored, I go to Glechik cafe in Little Odessa and pretend to be Muscovite…"

"No, no, no! What's he doin'?!"

I love the openning of The Double Down, when it's total chaos and Beckett is super calm, sipping her coffee.

Castle: Well I dont wanna shave my head do you?

Beckett: Why would I shave my head?!

Castle: You're in on the bet aren't you?

Beckett: Yeah, but I didn't realize

Castle: Wrrrrr

Beckett: *phone rings* Beckett?!

"I'm gonna kill you?! No sir I'm not talking to you!"

"Now who's the sucker?…Sir…"

(and of course) "Shut the front door!"

"Are you making this up as you go?"

"So you heard? And it's pin-up man, Castle. Pin up. Man."

"You bet your britches the bet is back on."

The ending of Fool Me Once, Heat Wave, the bathroom, Castle, and THE BEST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EVER. And I mean ever.

I love the smile in Sucker Punch when Castle says "Because you're tall" its so sweet and sad at the same time. *sigh* <3

 

ER:

"I asked for a joint and she brought me a teddy bear."

 

Pretty much everything from The Spirit…though my absolute favorite part is "Sir I'm an excellent shot!"

 

And if you haven't seen her Jimmy Kimmel interview, do it, cause its sort of FANTASTIC.

 

This was extensive…O.o

 

 

 

 

 

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10:48 am
March 7, 2010


Nev827

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Jamz, I just picked the quote that I love repeating the most and that I think sums up their relationship – "You have no idea."  After she said that to him, it was over – he HAD to shadow her and use her as his inspiration for his next book, and he knew it. 

I watched Stana's Spirit clips yesterday and one my favorite lines from that movie is this: "Three hours with no vitals, shouldn't he kinda oughta be dead?" I wonder where she got thnat accent from.  It's kinda Baltimore-ish, (since she said Morgenstern came from Baltimore) but not entirely.  Anyway, it's priceless. 

I also love it as she's leaving the doctor's office after first meeting the Spirit, the Spirit holds the door for her, she walks through, then stops, turns on her heel and gives a big goofy smile to the Spirit, then turns on her heel and walks off. 

I mentioned on another forum how much I love her facial expressions as well.  I love all those that have been mentioned already as well, but my favorite is the look she gives Castle as he's speaking to Kyra in the reception hall at her wedding.  It's an incredible combination of jealousy, envy, longing, sadness and probably lots of other emotions.  Joss Whedon once said that all the actors and actresses in Firefly were born to play the character they portrayed and I think tha't true of everyone on Castle – Nathan, Stana, Ruben, Jon, Seamus, Tamala, Susan, and Molly were all born to play their character.  They couldn't have cast the show any better. 

"Make you a deal," she said. "I'll watch my ass, you watch the crowd."

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12:49 pm
March 7, 2010


MathGuy

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Nev827 said:

I mentioned on another forum how much I love her (Stana's) facial expressions as well.  I love all those that have been mentioned already as well, but my favorite is the look she gives Castle as he's speaking to Kyra in the reception hall at her wedding.  It's an incredible combination of jealousy, envy, longing, sadness and probably lots of other emotions.  Joss Whedon once said that all the actors and actresses in Firefly were born to play the character they portrayed and I think tha't true of everyone on Castle – Nathan, Stana, Ruben, Jon, Seamus, Tamala, Susan, and Molly were all born to play their character.  They couldn't have cast the show any better. 


 

Couldn't have said it better: About Stana's expressions…and about the casting of the eight principal actors in the show. Plus Castle's casting and producers have cast many excellent guests actors, some well-known, some not as much,….but time after time spot on!

 

BTW, fantastic

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