Castle (TV Series)

Dead from New York (2015)

Susan Sullivan: Martha Rodgers

Quotes 

• Richard Castle : So... previews tonight. Pretty exciting, huh? Come on. "Is he dead?"

  Martha Rodgers : [chuckles]  Wrong question. Am I dead? You know, I don't know what I'm thinking. Eight performances a week, major play. On Broadway.

  Richard Castle : You've been on Broadway before.

  Martha Rodgers : Yeah, well, for... not since the Clinton administration. And now, it's all viral. Bloggers. Tweeters. You know, people actually come to the previews, record the show on their phone, put it online, and make comments.

  Richard Castle : And you don't feel your performance is ready?

  Martha Rodgers : Well, I just- I... I'm still honing my performance. That's what a... That's what previews are for. And I just... I just don't want to be humiliated. When I got this part, I thought, "Well, hey! There's a chance, you know? This could be my second act!"

  Richard Castle : It is.

  Martha Rodgers : No, it isn't. It isn't. I'm not gonna have a second act. I...

  [sighs] 

  Martha Rodgers : I think what I need to do is just drop out, let my understudy take over. She's very...

  Richard Castle : [interrupting]  Oh, absolutely not! You will not, and you know why? Because you're a fighter. What have you always told me? No one will give you anything in this life. You must earn it. And look at you, almost twenty years later, and you're back on Broadway? You have earned this.

  Martha Rodgers : I have, haven't I?

  Richard Castle : You have. Please don't let some idiot with a cell phone take that away from you.

• [reading Twitter reviews of Martha's preview on Broadway] 

  Richard Castle : [reading]  "Martha Rodgers is amazeballs!"

  Martha Rodgers : Yeah, that, about that. Is that amazeballs a good thing? Because...

  Richard Castle : It sure is. Congratulations.