Collection of my top 19 quotes from The Castle (in no particular order) that need to go straight to the pool room.
It’s become an Australian classic and the more you watch it the more you appreciate the quality of humour as the Kerrigan family goes up against corporate giants.
Celebrate one of the greatest (the greatest in my mind) Australian movies with 19 of the best The Castle quotes that will have you in stitches and wanting to watch The Castle again and again.
Kicking a goal!
Darryl: What’ do you call this?
Sal: Chicken.
Darryl: and it’s got something sprinkled on it
Sal: Seasoning
Darryl : Seasoning! Looks like everybody’s kicked a goal.
Opposite of letting down
Steve: Dad, you haven’t let anyone down. I don’t know what the opposite of lettin’ someone down is… but you done the opposite.
Victoriana Feel
Darryl: See that lattice up there?
Valuer: Yeah?
Darryl: Fake. Plastic. Gives the place a Victoriana feel. Chimney. Fake too.
Valuer: Why’s it there?
Darryl: Charm. Adds a bit of charm.
The marvel of electricity
Dale: He reckons powerlines are a reminder of man’s ability to generate electricity.
Common Sense
Federal Court Judge: And what Law are you basing this argument on?
Darryl: The Law of bloody common sense!
Land value
Dale: Dad still can’t work out how he got it so cheap. It’s worth almost as much today as when we bought it.
It’s the vibe
Dennis: In summing up. It’s the constitution. It’s Mabo, It’s Justice. It’s Law. It’s the Vibe
Ideas Man
Dale: Steve is also an ideas man. That’s why Dad calls him the Ideas Man. He has lots of ideas.
Get Stuffed
Darryl: Tell em to get stuffed!
Eyesore?
Darryl: What are you calling an eyesore? It’s called a home ya dickhead!
Dehydration explained
Trace: It was so dry on the plane that your hair actually dehydrates, doesn’t it Con.
Con: Yeah it loses its moisture.
Jousting Sticks
Dale: How much is a jousting stick worth Dad?
Daryl: Couldn’t be more than $250. Depending on the condition.
Serenity
Darryl: How’s the serenity? So much serenity
Dreamin’
Darryl: Tell him he’s dreamin’
Fishing with the Kerrigans
Darryl: Listen to that! Singing like a bird!
Dale: He just loved Bonnie Doon. And he reckoned the faster you went the more you saw of it.
Dale: Dad reckons fishing is 10% Brains and 95% muscle, the rest is just good luck
F3!?!
Suffer in your jocks!
Darryl: Suffer in ya jocks
Cost less than the materials
Darryl: 45 bucks. You couldn’t buy the materials for that.
Never a truer word spoken
Darryl: It’s not a house it’s a home, a man’s home is his castle.
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Australian comedy about a family who happily reside near the busy Melbourne airport. But when the Government and airline authorities attempt to force them to leave their home, the family fight for their right to stay, taking the battle all the way to the High Court.
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