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A dry, deadpan line delivered by Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). It appears during a low-key exchange in the prison where Red answers another character with blunt understatement rather than moralizing. The line sticks because the delivery turns what could be melodrama into a small, character-driven joke. Viewers remember it for the timing and the way it reveals Red's practical, world-weary voice.