Viggo Tarasov [in Russian]
Hurry fall asleep or The Boogeyman will come for you. From the swamp he will come and Take the children that don't behave. The Boogeyman.
Played by Michael Nyqvist 
John Wick (2014) · 25 quotes
John Wick (2014) · 25 quotes
Tied for most-quoted character in John Wick (2014): in 13 of its 25 quotes
Most scenes with: John Wick (4)
I'll say this, John. They sure as **** broke the mold with you.
More lines from Viggo Tarasov
5 quotes Viggo Tarasov Viggo Tarasov People don't change. You know that. Times, they do.
Viggo Tarasov This life...follows you. It clings to you. Infecting everyone that comes close to you. We are cursed, you and I.
Viggo Tarasov NO MORE GUNS, John! NO MORE BULLETS! ... just you and me.
Viggo Tarasov What happened, John?... We were professionals... Civilized.
Scenes with Viggo Tarasov
7 scenes
Aurelio
[Viggo calls Aurelio's body shop]
Aurelio speaking.
Viggo Tarasov I heard you struck my son.
Aurelio
...Yes, sir, I did.
Viggo Tarasov And may I ask why?
Aurelio
Yeah, well, because he stole John Wick's car, sir, and uh… killed his dog.
Viggo Tarasov [beat]
Oh. [hangs up]
Viggo Tarasov It's not what you did, son, that angers me so. It's who you did it to.
Who? That **** nobody?
Viggo Tarasov That "****in' nobody"... is John Wick. He was once an associate of ours. We called him…Baba Yaga.
"The Boogeyman"?
Viggo Tarasov Well, John wasn't exactly "the Boogeyman". He was the one you sent to kill the ****in' Boogeyman.
…Oh.
Viggo Tarasov [In the background, John takes a sledgehammer to his basement, and as Viggo talks, he unearths his hitman equipment that he had buried in concrete]
John is a man of focus. Commitment. Sheer will. Something you know very little about. I once saw him kill three men in a bar… with a pencil. With a ****in' pencil. Suddenly one day he asked to leave. It was over a woman, of course. So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. The bodies he buried that day... laid the foundation of what we are now. And then, my son, a few days after his wife died… you steal his car, and kill his ****in' dog?
Father, I can make this right!
Viggo Tarasov Oh? How do you plan that?
By finishing what I started.
Viggo Tarasov [turns to his advisor, Avi]
What the… did he hear a **** word I said?
Iosef Tarsov
[in Russian]
Dad, I can do this! Please!
Viggo Tarasov [irritated yet scared, Viggo pulls his son close and talks in his ear]
Iosef. Iosef! Listen. John will come for you, and you will do nothing, because you can do nothing. So get the **** out of my sight!
Viggo Tarasov [Viggo calls John in an attempt to make peace]
Hello, John. I heard about your wife. I'm sorry. My condolences. It, uh, seems to be fate, or happenstance, or just bad **** luck caused our paths to cross again. [no response] John? Let us not resort to our baser instincts, and handle this like civilized men to move on—
Avi
[John hangs up on him]
What did he say?
Viggo Tarasov [after a pause]
Enough.
Avi
Oh, God.
Viggo Tarasov Task your crew.
Avi
How many?
Viggo Tarasov How many do you have?
Viggo.
Viggo Tarasov Yeah?
When Helen died, I lost everything. Until that dog arrived on my doorstep... A final gift from my wife... In that moment, I received some semblance of hope... an opportunity to grieve unalone... And your son... took that from me.
Viggo Tarasov Oh, God.
Stole that from me... Killed that from me! People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back. So you can either hand over your son! OR YOU CAN DIE SCREAMING ALONGSIDE HIM!!
Viggo Tarasov [about the safe house where his son is hiding]
They know you're coming.
Of course. But it won't matter.
Viggo Tarasov What happened, John? We were professionals. Civilized!
Do I look civilized to you?
Viggo Tarasov [Viggo has been fatally wounded after being stabbed by John]
Be seeing you, John.
Yeah... Be seeing you.
