Squid Game Quotes

Seong Gi-hun (to The Front Man): Are you scared? That you might lose to me like Oh Il-nam did? Oh Il-nam didn't want to admit it until the moment he died. He knew someone had come to help that homeless man, but he refused to look out the window. But when he stopped breathing, I'm sure he knew that he had lost.

Choi Woo-seok: The money… Mr. Seong. So it's true that you won the game?

Seong Gi-hun: It's blood money for all those people who died there. I'm going to use it to fight those bast*rds.

Hwang Jun-ho: Are you still a part of that game?

Seong Gi-hun: I'm trying to put an end to it.

Hwang Jun-ho: Who's the man you killed?

Seong Gi-hun: He's a recruiter who finds players for the game. But I didn't kill him. He simply lost the game.

The Recruiter: What's the matter? Is your mind starting to race? Now your odds of death are 1 in 2. That's pretty high indeed. I'm sure you're afraid. Lots going through your mind. Let me guess what you're thinking right now. "The gun is in my hand. Screw the rules. Pull the trigger once or twice, and I can blow this guy's face off." Isn't that right? If you want to meet the person you mentioned earlier, the key is in my pocket. You can simply shoot me with that gun and take it. But I'll have you admit one thing. That you're a piece of trash, just like everyone else. A piece of trash who got lucky and made it out of the dumpster.

(Gi-hun pulls the trigger aiming at himself, it's empty…)

Seong Gi-hun: What's the matter? Is your mind starting to race? That's right. Screw the rules. Now, with a single pull of the trigger, you could kill me. But… I'll have you admit one thing. You put a mask over your face and do whatever your master says. You run, bark, and wag your tail for them. You're nothing more than their dog.

Seong Gi-hun: Whether you shoot people in there or con them outside, it doesn't change anything. You have always been… nothing more than their dog.

The Recruiter: Mr. Seong. Do you think you're special because you won the game?

Seong Gi-hun: Someone like you could never know… or understand how I made it out of there alive. And how it feels… to play the games.

The Recruiter: How do you think I got to where I am now?

Seong Gi-hun: I don't care how you became their dog. Bring me your master.

The Recruiter: I used to work in the games when I was younger. I removed and burned the bodies of countless people like you. "These things aren't human. They're just trash, utterly useless in this world." I kept telling myself that and worked hard for a few years. Then they gave me a gun. It felt pretty good. Like my existence was acknowledged for the first time in my life. I don't know which year it was, but one day, I was about to shoot a man who had lost a game. The guy seemed familiar. Guess who it was. My dad. My dad was suddenly standing right in front of me. He was in tears, desperately begging me to spare his life. I shot him right in the middle of his forehead, and realized, "Ah. I'm cut out for this job."