Christopher Reeve movie quotes

“There will be peace when the people of the world, want it so badly, that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them. I just wish you could all see the Earth the way that I see it. Because when you really look at it, it's just one world.”
Christopher Reeve - Superman

“- Laura Roberts: Where did you get that?
- Richard Collier: Well, she gave it to me, ma'am. At the opening of a play I wrote eight years ago at Millfield College.
- Laura Roberts: That watch was very precious to her. She never, never left it out of her possession. It disappeared the night she died.
- Richard Collier: She died that night?”

Teresa Wright - Laura Roberts
Christopher Reeve - Richard Collier

- Blaine Bingham: Did you know that Chicago means, "the smell of wild onions"?
- John L. Sullivan IV: Did you New York just means, "New York"?
Christopher Reeve - Blaine Bingham
Burt Reynolds - John L. Sullivan IV

“- Clark Kent: General, would you care to step outside?
- General Zod: Come to me, son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod!”
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Terence Stamp - General Zod

“- Clark Kent: Blood. It's my blood. I think... maybe we'd better hire a bodyguard from now on.
- Lois Lane: I don't want a bodyguard. I want the man I fell in love with.
- Clark Kent: I know, Lois. I wish he was here.”

Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“- Lois Lane: What color underwear am I wearing?
- Superman: 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.”
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane
Christopher Reeve - Superman

“- Warden: This country is safe again, Superman, thanks to you.
- Superman: No, sir. Don't thank me, Warden. We're all part of the same team. Good night.”
Roy Stevens - Warden
Christopher Reeve - Superman

“- Sidney Bruhl: Clifford, I hate to ask this, but could you give me your own special definition of success, being gangbanged in the shower in the state penitentiary?
- Clifford Anderson: I knew you were going to have reservations about it.
- Sidney Bruhl: Reservations? I am standing here, petrified, stupefied, horrified! How's that for bloody...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Bruhl
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson

“- 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 Kent: Hmm. Uh, wild guess.”
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“It has to be a playwright who writes thrillers because, I don't know, Arthur Miller probably has old sample cases hanging on the wall.”
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson

- Superman: You've broken all the laws of man, Luthor. It looks as though you've broken all the laws of nature, too. I can only assume you must have hidden a device of some kind on one of the missiles I hurled into the sun.
- Lex Luthor: You know, "Mr. Muscle", I'm really gonna miss these little chats we had together. You're the only one that... (continue)(continue reading)
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor

“- Olive Chancellor: Don't you believe in the coming of a better day that it's possible to do something for the human race?
- Basil Ransome: Hmm, well... what strikes me most, Ms. Olive, it's that human race's got to bear its troubles.”
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor
Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransome

“- Lex Luthor: Is the world gonna be vaporized?
- Superman: No. It's the same as it's always been, Luthor. On the brink. With good fighting evil. See you in twenty.”

Gene Hackman - Lex Luthor
Christopher Reeve - Superman

“- Basil Ransome: The position of women is nothing but to make fools of men.
- Olive Chancellor: Don't you believe in our emancipation?
- Basil Ransome: I'll tell you after the meeting.”
Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransome
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor

“- Clifford Anderson: Would you like me to explain?
- Sidney Bruhl: What, that you're a lunatic with a death-wish?
- Clifford Anderson: I've got the same wish you have, Sidney - a success wish!”
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Bruhl

“- Richard Collier: Arthur, you know, in the Hall of History there's a photograph, a young woman. There's no nameplate.
- Arthur Biehl: Yes, that's Elise McKenna. She was a famous actress in her day. Starred in a play in the hotel theater.
- Richard Collier: I'm sorry. Did you say there was a theater here?
- Arthur Biehl: Yes. Down by the lake.
-...” (continue)(continue reading)
Christopher Reeve - Richard Collier
Bill Erwin - Arthur Biehl

“- Clark Kent: Excuse me sir, you're sitting in my seat.
- Rocky: Your seat's in there, four eyes.
- Clark Kent: Somebody ought to teach you some manners, sir.
- Rocky: Oh, yeah? Well, let me know when he comes in.”

Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Pepper Martin - Rocky

“- Perry White: Get your head out of the clouds, Kent! Where've you been for the past twelve hours?
- Clark Kent: Uh, Home.
- Perry White: Well, don't you watch television?
- Clark Kent: Frankly, Mr. White, I really don't enjoy television. Too much violence. I was just reading Dickens.
- Jimmy Olsen: Mr. Kent! A gang of terrorists seized the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Marc McClure - Jimmy Olsen

“- Perry White: If Paris is going to go kablooey I want my best reporter right in the middle of it... No offense, Kent. You're good, but Lois Lane's better.
- Clark Kent: No, I mean... isn't that a bit dangerous, sir?
- Perry White: That goes with the territory, Kent. Don't worry; if I know Lois Lane, she'll not only come back with a Pulitzer...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jackie Cooper - Perry White
Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent

“- Superman: I hope you don't expect me to save you, 'cause I don't do that anymore.
- Lorelei: Don't worry about me. I'm long past saving.”
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Pamela Stephenson - Lorelei

“- Superman: Uh, you really shouldn't smoke, you know, Miss Lane.
- Lois Lane: Don't tell me. Lung cancer, right?
- Superman: Well, not yet, thank goodness.”
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“- Sidney Bruhl: Why make it anywhere? Why make it?
- Clifford Anderson: Because it's there, Sidney!
- Sidney Bruhl: That's mountains, not plays! Plays are not there until some asshole writes them!”
Sir Michael Caine - Sidney Bruhl
Christopher Reeve - Clifford Anderson

“- Clark Kent: We'd better talk.
- Lois Lane: I'm in love with you.
- Clark Kent: We'd really better talk.”

Christopher Reeve - Clark Kent
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“- General Zod: Son of Jor-El. We were beginning to think you were a coward.
- Superman: I'm not a coward, Zod.
- Ursa: Let him prove it!
- General Zod: Possibly not. It is extremely likely you are merely a fool. Like father, like son.
- Superman: Somehow, I just can't hear you, Zod.
- General Zod: Then die, as you deserve to!”
Terence Stamp - General Zod
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Sarah Douglas - Ursa

“- Nuclear Man: Where is the woman?
- Superman: Give it up, you'll never find her.
- Nuclear Man: If you will not tell me, I will hurt people!”
Gene Hackman - Nuclear Man
Christopher Reeve - Superman