Superman (1978)
Margot Kidder: Lois Lane
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Quotes
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[Interviewing Superman]
Lois Lane : How big are you... um... how *tall* are you?
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Lois Lane : Can you read my mind? Do you know what it is that you do to me? I don't know who you are. Just a friend from another star. Here I am, like a kid out of school. Holding hands with a god. I'm a fool. Will you look at me? Quivering. Like a little girl, shivering. You can see right through me. Can you read my mind? Can you picture the things I'm thinking of? Wondering why you are... all the wonderful things you are. You can fly. You belong in the sky. You and I... could belong to each other. If you need a friend... I'm the one to fly to. If you need to be loved... here I am. Read my mind.
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[Superman and Lois are standing on opposite sides of a large planter]
Lois Lane : What color underwear am I wearing?
Superman : [looking] Hmmm...
Lois Lane : Oh, I'm sorry, I embarrassed you, didn't I?
Superman : Oh, no, no, no, not at all, Miss Lane, it's just that this planter must be made of lead.
Lois Lane : Uh, yes it is. So?
Superman : Well, you see, I, uh, I sort of have a problem seeing through lead.
Lois Lane : Oh, that's interesting.
Lois Lane : [Writing] Problem seeing through lead. Hmmm. Uh, d-do you have a first name?
Superman : What do you mean, like, uh, Ralph or something?
Lois Lane : No, no, I mean like...
[walks away from the planter]
Superman : Pink.
Lois Lane : Huh?
Superman : Pink.
[Lois walks back to the planter]
Superman : Um, sorry, Miss Lane, I didn't mean to embarrass you.
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Lois Lane : Any more at home like you?
Clark Kent : Uh, not really, no.
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Clark Kent : Really, Lois, supposing that man had shot you? Is it worth risking your life over ten dollars, two credit cards, a hairbrush, and a lipstick?
Lois Lane : How did you know that?
Clark Kent : Know what?
Lois Lane : You just described the exact contents of my purse.
[Clark peeks in her purse]
Clark Kent : Hmm. Uh, wild guess.
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Clark Kent : Excuse me, Mr. White. I was wondering if, if, uh, perhaps you could arrange for half my salary to be sent to this address on a weekly basis.
Lois Lane : Your bookie, right?
Clark Kent : My what?
Lois Lane : Don't tell me: he sends a check every week to his sweet, grey-haired old mother.
Clark Kent : Actually, she's silver-haired.
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Lois Lane : What a super man... "Superman"!
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Clark Kent : [in Superman's voice] Lois, there's something I have to tell you. I'm really...
[In Clark's voice]
Clark Kent : I-I mean I was, at first, really nervous about tonight, uh... but then I decided, darn it! I'm gonna show you the time of your life.
Lois Lane : [still infatuated with Superman] That's Clark, nice.
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Jimmy Olsen : What are you writing, Miss Lane?
Lois Lane : An 'Ode to Spring'. How do you spell massacre?
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Lois Lane : As you know, my newspaper, the Daily Planet, is very interested in that dam, Chief, but what I don't understand is why you would sell out to a faceless person that you've never met. I mean, you don't even know his name.
[the Chief taps on Lois' dashboard as she goes off the road]
Lois Lane : Oh, yeah!
Indian Chief : At the stupid high price that he offered for this worthless piece of desert, I hope it's Custer!
Lois Lane : Perfect! That's just what I need. Thank you.
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Lois Lane : [Repeated line; whenever Lois is in danger] Help me! HELP!
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Jimmy Olsen : Golly, Miss Lane, how come you get all the great stories?
Lois Lane : A good reporter doesn't get great stories, Jimmy.
Perry White : A good reporter...
Lois Lane , Perry White : Makes them great.
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Lois Lane : Remember my dynamite expose on the sex and drug orgies in the senior citizens' home?
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Lois Lane : How many T's in "bloodletting"?
Jimmy Olsen : Two!
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Lois Lane : This could be the basis for a whole series of articles: "Making Sense of Senseless Killings," by Lois Lane.
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Lois Lane : How'd you like your first day on the job?
Clark Kent : Oh. Well, frankly, the hours were sort of longer than I expected, but on the whole, I mean, meeting you and Jimmy Olsen and Mr White - gosh, I'd say it's been swell.
Lois Lane : Swell?
Clark Kent : Yeah.
Lois Lane : You know, Clark, there are very few people left in the world who feel comfortable saying that word.
Clark Kent : What word?
Lois Lane : "Swell."
Clark Kent : Really? I always thought it was kind of natural.
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Lois Lane : It's got everything. It's got sex. It's got violence. It's got the ethnic angle.
Perry White : Yeah, so does a lady wrestler with a foreign accent.
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Lois Lane : Gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shake it up like that.
Clark Kent : Oh, of course not, Lois. I mean, why would anyone want to make a total stranger look like a fool?
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Lois Lane : Do you like Mr White?
Clark Kent : Yeah, I thought he was a really nice guy. Jimmy Olsen was fantastic!
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Clark Kent : Oh, can I take you to the airport?
Lois Lane : Not unless you can fly.
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Perry White : [Lois typing away] Ah, the sex maniac profile.
Lois Lane : Right! Look, 9-to-5 it's a Pulitzer Prize winner. What do you bet?
Perry White : There's no "z" in "brassiere."
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Clark Kent : Lois, I was wondering if maybe you would like to have a little dinner with me?
Lois Lane : Gosh, Clark, I'm sorry. I'm booked. Yeah, Air Force One's landing at the airport and this kid's there to make sure you-know-who answers a few questions he'd rather duck.
Clark Kent : My goodness, don't you ever let up?
Lois Lane : What for?
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Lois Lane : The story of my life. Cinderella bites the dust.
