The Blacklist (TV Series)

Marvin Gerard (No. 80) (2015)

James Spader: Raymond 'Red' Reddington

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Quotes 

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [to Liz]  That's Polaris. The north star. That's how sailors used to find their way home. When I look at you, that's what I see. I see my way home.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : We're not gonna fight our way out of this. We're gonna have to think our way out.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [to Clayton, after tiring of hearing him verbally and physically abusing Carly]  You haven't the slightest clue how to speak to a woman, have you? Now, my friend there and I are having a very important discussion, so you just sit tight, enjoy your muffin...

  [with a small smile and pleasant tone] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : and if I hear you say anything other than please or thank you to Carly, I'm gonna drag you into the men's room and wash your mouth out with soap.

  [His smile and pleasant tone now gone] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : And if that doesn't work, I'll cut your filthy tongue out with that butter knife.

  [He lets that sink in] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : That clear enough for you?

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : From as early as I can remember, I dreamed of someday being captain of a ship. To be out there on the ocean in the middle of the night, navigating by the stars. I always thought it would be the greatest life on earth. The people you're talking about... The ones who think they know you... They really don't know anything about you at all.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [to everyone in the restaurant after shooting the tires and engine of the police car outside, then locking the door]  I am *terribly* sorry for the inconvenience, but it appears we'll all be taking an extended lunch. However, if you remain calm and do exactly as I say, I promise, you'll leave here with a rip roaring story to tell your friends and family. Bon appetit!

  [to a waitress when the restaurant phone rings] 

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Dear, would you mind answering that phone? No doubt it's for me.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Odysseus spent a decade at war. But his biggest battle was finding his way home.

• Elizabeth Keen : A lawyer? How is that gonna help us with this?

  Raymond 'Red' Reddington : Lawyers find and exploit loopholes. It's what makes them so loathsome. And Marvin Gerard is the most loathsome of them all. That's what makes him so invaluable.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [laughing]  Oh, Tommy. What a delightful nod to tradition. I can't tell you how nostalgic it is to see a Russian bureaucrat demonstrating such a time honored absence of work ethic.

• Raymond 'Red' Reddington : [to the Russian ambassador]  Reciprocity's a bitch, right, dahling? Screw the bear, the bear screws back. Batteries not included.