Superman Returns Movie Quotes
Superman
[Quoting Marlon Brando/Jor-el from 1978's SUPERMAN:THE MOVIE to Jason asleep in his bed]
You will be different, sometimes you'll feel like an outcast, but you'll never be alone. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son.
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Superman
Listen; what do you hear?
Lois Lane
Nothing.
Superman
I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn't need a savior, but every day I hear people crying for one.
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Lex Luthor
Kitty, what did my father used to say to me?
Kitty Kowalski
You're losing your hair.
Lex Luthor
Before that.
Kitty Kowalski
Get out.
Lex Luthor
He said: You can print money, manufacture diamonds, and people are a dime a dozen, but they'll always need land. It's the one thing they're not making any more of.
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Lex Luthor
Come on, let me hear you say it, just once.
Lois Lane
You're insane.
Lex Luthor
No!
[chuckling]
Lex Luthor
Not that. The other thing. Come on, I know it's dangling on the tip of your tongue. Let me hear it just once, please?
Lois Lane
Superman will never...
Lex Luthor
WRONG!
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Jor-El
[Superman is remembering Jor-El's last message to him from the first film]
Live as one of them, Kal-El, to discover where your strength and your power are needed. Always hold in your heart the pride of your special heritage. They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.
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Jimmy Olsen
Look up in the sky, see?
[Points at a small figure of Superman in the picture]
Lois Lane
It's a bird
Perry White
It's a plane
Jimmy Olsen
No, it's...
[Is interrupted by the entrance of Clark]
Clark Kent
You wanted to see me?
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[first lines]
Jor-El
You will travel far my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you. Even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father, the - The son.
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Lois Lane
[about Jason]
He's a little fragile, but he's gonna grow up to be big and strong... just like his dad.
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[Lex notices Jason staring at the Kryptonite in fear]
Lex Luthor
Who is that boy's father?
Lois Lane
Richard.
[Grant's voice comes over the intercom]
Grant
Mr. Luthor, we're approaching the coordinates.
Grant
[misunderstanding]
Yes sir.
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[last lines]
Jason White
[Yells and waves from his window]
GOOD NIGHT!
Lois Lane
[Lois is standing in the front yard thinking about Superman, she is then startled when she hears Jason, she sees Jason waving out to the sky, she then looks at the sky and sees Superman floating right above her]
I... Will we see you... around?
Superman
I'm always around. Good night, Lois.
[Flies off]
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Clark Kent
Jimmy how did Lex Luthor get out of prison?
Jimmy Olsen
When his appeals came up, they called Superman as a witness, and he never showed. How much do you think that pisses off Superman?
Clark Kent
A lot.
Jimmy Olsen
A lot
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Clark Kent
Thanks for giving me my job back.
Perry White
Don't thank me. Thank Norm Parker for dying!
Jimmy Olsen
It was his time.
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Perry White
Lois, Pulitzer Prizes are like Academy Awards, nobody remembers what you got one for, just that you got one.
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Lois Lane
But millions of people will die!
Lex Luthor
Billions! Once again, the press underestimates me.
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Perry White
[Explaining to Lois Lane why she must write an article on the return of Superman, rather than a massive power outage]
Three things sell this newspaper: Tragedy, sex, and Superman. These people have had enough tragedy, and we all know you can't write worth a damn about sex.
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Jason White
Mommy, are we trespassing?
Lois Lane
No. Yes. Shh!
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[Clark suddenly looks down]
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Richard White
Lois, that article you wrote.
Lois Lane
"Why the world doesn't need Superman?"
Richard White
No the other one.
Lois Lane
Which one? I wrote dozens of them, I was practically his press agent.
Richard White
The one from years ago before we met, "I spent the night with Superman".
Lois Lane
Richard it was the title of an interview plus it was your Uncle Perry's idea.
Richard White
I know.
Richard White
Were you in love with him?
Lois Lane
He was Superman. Everyone was in love with him.
Richard White
Even you?
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Perry White
Okay listen up. I wanna know it all, everything. Olsen, I wanna see photos of him everywhere. No, I want the photos. Sports, how are they going to get that plane out of the stadium? Travel, where did he go? Was he on vacation? If so, where? Gossip, has he met somebody? Fashion, is that a new suit? Uh, health, has he gained weight? What's he been eating? Business, how is this gonna effect the stock market? Long-term? Short-term? Politics, does he still stand for truth, justice, all that stuff? Lifestyle... Superman returns.
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Jason White
You're bald!
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Jason White
Who are you?
Clark Kent
I'm Clark... Kent. An old friend of your mom's from before you were born.
Jason White
Really? She never mentioned you.
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Lex Luthor
[angrily throws coconut into the ocean]
Kitty Kowalski
Lex! We only have six of those!
Lex Luthor
Six?
[laughs maniacally]
Lex Luthor
[screaming]
I would trade three hundred THOUSAND coconuts and every ounce of your blood for a QUART OF GASOLINE!
Kitty Kowalski
But what will we have to eat?
Lex Luthor
[eyes the dog in Kitty's arms maliciously]
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Lex Luthor
Do you know the story of Prometheus? No, of course you don't. Prometheus was a god who stole the power of fire from the other gods and gave control of it to the mortals. In essence, he gave us technology, he gave us power.
Kitty Kowalski
So we're stealing fire? In the Arctic?
Lex Luthor
Actually, sort of. You see whoever controls technology controls the world. The Roman empire ruled the world because they built roads. The British empire ruled the world because they built ships. America; the atom bomb. And so on and so forth. I just want what Prometheus wanted.
Kitty Kowalski
Sounds great Lex, but you're not a god.
Lex Luthor
[fixes Kitty with an icy stare]
Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don't share their power with mankind. No, I don't want to be a *god*. I just want to bring fire to the people. And... I want my cut.
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Richard White
It's great to finally meet you, I've heard so much.
Richard White
Yeah. Jimmy just won't shut up about you.
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[leans in to kiss Superman, but pulls back at the last moment]
Lois Lane
Richard's a good man... and you've been gone a long time.
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Lois Lane
Chief, I've done Superman.
[Jimmy snickers. Lois, Clark, and Perry look at him]
Lois Lane
Covered him. You know what I mean.
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Martha Kent
Your father used to say you were put here for a reason.
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Lois Lane
But there are a dozen other stories out there.
Perry White
Yeah? Name one.
Lois Lane
Well, there was a museum robbery last night. Hmm? Even Superman missed that one... he was too busy saving this hooker.
[points at photo of Superman carrying Kitty]
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Kitty Kowalski
[Stomps into a room and slaps Lex across the face]
I was going to pretend the brakes were out. Pretend! Like we talked about!
[Screaming]
Kitty Kowalski
You didn't actually have to cut them!
Lex Luthor
Well of course I did. A man can always tell when a woman is pretending... especially Superman.
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Lois Lane
You know my um... Richard. He's a pilot. He takes me up all the time.
Superman
Not like this.
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Kitty Kowalski
My heart, my palpitations, they're gone, what did you do?
Superman
I didn't do anything, Ma'am.
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Lex Luthor
But we're not really strangers, are we? This is kind of a little reunion, isn't it? Heck, I'm a fan. I love your writing... and your dress.
Lois Lane
I love your boat. How'd you get it? Swindle some old widow out of her money?
Lex Luthor
[gushes and chuckles mockingly]
That's funny. Hey, didn't you win the Pulitzer Prize for my favorite article of all time, 'Why the World DOESN'T Need Superman'?
Lois Lane
Didn't you have a few more years to go on that DOUBLE life sentence?
Lex Luthor
[pause as he glares at her]
Yes, well, we can thank the Man of Steel for that. I mean, he's really good at swooping in and catching the bad guys, but he's not so hot at the little things, like Miranda rights, due process,
[under his breath]
Lex Luthor
making your court date...
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Jor-El
[Superman is flashing back to things his father told him]
The human heart is still subject to monstrous deceits.
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Perry White
Great Caesar's ghost.
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Jor-El
You will travel far, my little Kal-El, but we will never leave you-even in the face of our deaths. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father. And the father, the son.
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Lois Lane
How many "f's" in "catastrophic"?
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Lois Lane
[after being locked in the pantry on Lex's yacht and discovering that her son is Superman's]
Could you help mommy open this door?
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Jimmy Olsen
[leans over an unsuspecting Clark who is holding a family photo of Lois, Jason, and Richard]
Ha, yea! He looks just like his mom. Already takes after her too, especially when it comes to getting into trouble.
Jimmy Olsen
Oh yea, well I guess you've been gone. Fearless reporter Lois Lane is a mommy.
Clark Kent
She's married?
Jimmy Olsen
Yeah, well no, its more of a prolonged engagement, but don't ask Miss Lane when they're tying the knot because she hates that question
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[referring to his newly-inherited mansion]
Lex Luthor
The rest is mine.
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Lois Lane
Richard's an assistant editor here who's basically saved our International section. He's also a pilot and he loves horror movies.
Clark Kent
[sighs theatrically, trying to appear impressed]
Clark Kent
[smirks at her expectantly]
Lois Lane
Well...
[chuckles]
Lois Lane
he's Clark.
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Lex Luthor
This crystal may seem unremarkable, but then so is the seed of a redwood tree. It's how our mutual friend in tights made his Arctic getaway spot. Cute, but a little small for my taste.
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[Newspaper headline reads: "SUPERMAN IS DEAD"]
Richard White
It's a little morbid, Perry.
Perry White
Always be prepared.
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Lois Lane
How did you get here?
Richard White
I flew.
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Lex Luthor
See anything familiar?
Superman
I see an old man's sick joke.
Lex Luthor
Really? Because I see my new apartment. And a place for Kitty. One for my friends. And the place over there, I'll rent out. But, you know, maybe you're right. You know, maybe it - It is a little cold. It's, uh - Uh - What's the word I'm searching for? It's a little... alien. It lacks that human touch.
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Jor-El
They could be great people Kal-El if they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way, this reason above all is why I send them you, my only son.
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Lex Luthor
What do you know about crystals?
Lois Lane
They make great chandeliers.
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Grant
Brutus is... dead. He got hit with the piano.
Lex Luthor
Where's the boy?
Grant
With the mother, locked up in the pantry.
Lex Luthor
Oh, it's time for us to go
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Lex Luthor
Krrrrryptonite!
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Kitty Kowalski
[Looking at a dog chewing on bones surrounded by dog fur]
Weren't there two of those?
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Kitty Kowalski
Your friends give me the creeps.
Lex Luthor
Prison is a creepy place, Kitty, and one needs to make creepy friends in order to survive. On the inside, even my talents were worth less than a carton of cigarettes and a sharp piece of metal in your pocket.
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Clark Kent
Swell.
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Lois Lane
I don't know if you can hear me. They say that sometimes when people are... that they can hear you.
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Clark Kent
Yeah. Well, you know, things change. I mean, of course things change, but sometimes things that you didn't think would change
[struggles to find the right wording]
Clark Kent
- could - change. Take Lois. A woman like her, I never thought she'd settle down.
Jimmy Olsen
You know, if you ask me - 'cause she'll never tell you this - but, if you ask me, she's still in love with You-Know-Who.
[takes a swig of beer]
Clark Kent
[slowly turns to look disconcertedly at Jimmy, who burps obliviously]
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Richard White
[referring to Superman]
I love that he can see through anything. I'd have fun with that.
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Lex Luthor
This ordinary crystal is a seed, and all it needs is water.
[pause]
Kitty Kowalski
Like Sea Monkeys?
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Superman
I read the article, Lois.
Lois Lane
Yeah, so did a lot of people. Tomorrow night, they're giving me the Pulitzer...
Superman
Why did you write it?
Lois Lane
How could you leave us like that? I moved on. So did the rest of us. That's why I wrote it. The world doesn't need a savior. And neither do I.
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Jimmy Olsen
Mr. Clark! I mean, Kent. Mr. Kent! Welcome back!
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Lois Lane
I forgot how warm you are.
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Superman
[after saving Lois Lane and other members of the media from a plane crash]
Well, I hope this experience hasn't put any of you off flying. Statistically speaking, it's still the safest way to travel.
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Clark Kent
[explaning to his mother about his journey to the remains of Krypton as Superman]
That place was a graveyard... but I'm all that's left.
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Kitty Kowalski
Lex?
Kitty Kowalski
Are billions of people really going to die?
[beat; Luthor takes a puff from the cigar]
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Kitty Kowalski
Wow, that's really something Lex.
Lex Luthor
Wait for it.
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Jason White
[visiting the comatose Superman]
Is he gonna get better?
Lois Lane
I don't know.
Jason White
I want him to. I like him.
Lois Lane
Me, too.
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Richard White
I bet he's...
Lois Lane
225 pounds, faster than a speeding bullet, draws his power from the sun, invulnerable to anything but kryptonite... and he never lies.
Richard White
Kryptonite?
Lois Lane
Radioactive pieces of his homeworld. It's deadly. To him.
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Richard White
Lois! Are you all right?
Lois Lane
Yeah. What happened?
Richard White
Superman.
Lois Lane
Where is he?
Richard White
He went back.
Lois Lane
Richard, we have to turn around.
Richard White
What?
Lois Lane
We have to turn the plane around.
Richard White
No.
Lois Lane
Yes.
Richard White
Lois, we barely made it out of there. Now you want me to go back?
Lois Lane
Yes, please! He'll die.
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Lois Lane
Clark said the reason you left without saying goodbye is because it was too unbearable for you. Personally, I think that's a load of crap.
Superman
Clark?
Lois Lane
He's just a guy I work with.
Superman
Maybe Clark's right.
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Police Sharp Shooter
Holy Sh...
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Superman
I know lots of people are asking questions now that I'm back, and I think it's only fair that I answer... those people.
Lois Lane
So... you're here for an interview?
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Lex Luthor
You're not seeing the big picture here.
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Lex Luthor
Well, naturally. To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic.
[Arthur C. Clarke's "Third Law" from "Profiles of the Future," 1973]
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Lex Luthor
Turn the camera off.
Riley
But I'm getting it.
Lex Luthor
Turn it off!
Riley
[turns off the camera and the lights go out]
I think I did somethin' wrong.
Lex Luthor
No... that wasn't you.
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[noticing her jump]
Superman
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.
Lois Lane
No, I'm fine. Really. I just wasn't expecting... you.
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Superman
I'm sorry I left you, Lois.
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Lois Lane
Let's start with the big question. Where'd you go?
Superman
To Krypton.
Lois Lane
But you told me it was destroyed. Ages ago.
Superman
It was. But when astronomers thought they found it... I had to see for myself.
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Richard White
So, with the superhearing, does he hear each sound by itself or everything all at once?
Lois Lane
Both.
Richard White
He's certainly a lot taller than I thought.
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Lois Lane
Did you have anything to do with the blackout?
Lex Luthor
Are you fishing for an interview, Ms. Lane?
Lois Lane
Well, it has been a while since you've been a headline. Maybe it's time people knew your name again.
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Lex Luthor
[kicking Superman on the ground]
Crystals. They're amazing, aren't they? They inherit the traits of the minerals around them... kind of like a son inheriting the traits of his father!
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Lois Lane
[to Clark, unaware he is Superman]
. Hey, can I ask you something? Have you ever met someone, and it even tough you are from different worlds you share such a strong connection it feels like you were destined to be together? And then suddenly he just takes off without saying why or even saying goodbye!
Clark Kent
Well, maybe he wanted to say goodbye. But maybe it was... he had to go... .. and it was too difficult for him.
Lois Lane
Difficult? What's so difficult it? Bye! It's easy! What's so difficult about saying goodbye!
Clark Kent
Uh, who are we talking about?
Lois Lane
Nobody, just forget I said anything.
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Lex Luthor
Bring it on!
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Lex Luthor
You took away five years of my life. I'm just returning the favor!
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Grant
You should see the other guy.
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