Clark Kent quotes from Superman II (1980)

View Quote Perry White: Kent, I need a story to run with the page three sidebar. Get me everything you can on this terrorist group.
Clark Kent: Right! [stops] Uh, sorry. T... terrorists?
Perry White: Get your head out of the closet, Kent! Where've you been for the past twelve hours?
Clark Kent: Home.
Perry White: Well, don't you watch television?
Clark Kent: Well actually I don't enjoy television, Mister White, there's too much violence. I was just reading Dickens.
Jimmy Olsen: (races in) Mr. Kent! A gang of terrorists seized the Eiffel Tower! In Paris!
Perry White: He knows where the Eiffel Tower is, Olsen! You do, don't you Kent?
Clark Kent: Yes, sir. Has anybody been hurt?
Jimmy Olsen: Well, so far the hostages are unharmed.
Clark Kent: The hostages?
Jimmy Olsen: Yeah! Tourists! About twenty of them!
Perry White: Yeah, but that's just petty-ante stuff. These guys claim that if the French government doesn't meet their demands, they've got a hydrogen bomb ready to level Paris.
Clark Kent: (genuinely surprised) Well, geez Mr. White. That's t... terrible!
Perry White: That's why they call them "terrorists", Kent.

View Quote (After saving the boy, Superman flies behind a hot dog stand and re-dons his Clark Kent guise)
Clark Kent: Lois! Um, uh Lois! Uh (offer Lois her hot dog) Uh, here you go.
Lois Lane: Where were you?
Clark Kent: I was getting hot dogs. (Lois takes both hot dogs) What do you mean?
(The two start walking)
Lois Lane: Well, it seems kind of strange to me that every time Superman's around, you disappear.
Clark Kent: Superman?! I mean, he was here?!
Lois Lane: Mm hmm.
Clark Kent: (looks up) Golly!
Lois Lane: And you weren't . . . as usual. So what have you got to say about that?
Clark Kent: Darn! I forgot your orange juice.
(Clark starts to walk away)
Lois Lane: Clark!
Clark Kent: No orange juice?

View Quote (Lois and Clark are still walking)
Lois Lane: You know, it's, it's really amazing. I never started to put it together before now. It's just kind of funny, you know, cause a good reporter isn't supposed to let anything slip by her.
Clark Kent: No. Course not.
Lois Lane: Well, uh, I'm beginning to get the picture.
Clark Kent: As usual, Lois, I-I really don't know what you're talking about. Um, tell you what, I-I'll meet you back at the hotel.
Clark starts walking away.
Lois Lane: What's your hurry, Superman?
Clark Kent [stops and turns around]: Sorry?
Lois Lane: I gotta admit, you know. Your disguise is nearly perfect. You had me fooled. And I am nobody's fool, believe me.
Clark Kent: Oh no, of course not, Lois. I mean, you just have an active imagination. You just get carried away sometimes. Believe me, I understand. It can happen to anybody.
Lois Lane: Listen, I'm so sure you're Superman, that I'm willing to bet my life on it.
Clark Kent: What?
Lois Lane [nods her head]: Now, if I'm right, you'll turn into Superman.
Clark Kent: Hmm.
Lois Lane: And if I'm wrong, you've got yourself one hell of a story.
Clark Kent: You think I'm [makes a flying gesture with his arm] Superman? [Lois nods.] Boy, you certainly have some imagination, Lois. Huh. For a minute there, you almost had me convinced [turns around and starts walking], for a minute.
Lois: Bye bye Baby!
(Lois throws herself into the Falls)

View Quote [[After losing his superpowers, Clark gets beaten by rude diner patron "Rocky"]
Clark Kent: I think... think maybe we oughta 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 that, Lois. I wish he were here.

View Quote [Clark and Lois watch the President address the nation on TV.]
President: This is your President. On behalf of my country, and in the name of the other leaders of the world, with whom I have today consulted, I hereby abdicate all authority and control over this planet...to General Zod.
Clark Kent: Zod!
President: Only by strict compliance with all his directions will the lives of innocent millions be spared. [desperately] Superman! Can you hear me? Superman! Where—?
(The camera pans to Zod as he grabs a microphone)
General Zod: Who is this "Superman"?!
President: You'll find out, General, and when you do —
General Zod: Come to me, Superman! If you dare. I defy you! Come! Come and kneel before Zod! Zod!

View Quote [Back at the Daily Planet, Clark nervously enters the office of a brooding Lois]
Clark Kent: Hi.
Lois Lane: Hi.
Clark Kent: How'd you sleep, all right?
Lois Lane: No, I didn't close my eyes all night.
Clark Kent: Look, Lois—
Lois Lane: I understand. I understand. I sat up all night listening to the voices of reason. Do you know how vile it is to hear the first bird of the morning singing, when you've been sitting up all night, crying?
Clark Kent: I'm sorry.
Lois Lane: I'm sorry, too. I guess it's, uh… sorta like being married to a doctor, you know. The doctor gets wakened in the middle of the night, and then the wife has to cope with the fact that he's gone. I guess I'm just too selfish.
Clark Kent: No, no, you're not selfish at all.
Lois Lane: Yes, I am selfish when it comes to you. I am selfish. And I'm jealous of the whole world.
Clark Kent: Lois, it may not be easy for you to hear this now, but… someday, you'll—
Lois Lane: Clark! Look. Don't tell me that I'll meet somebody. You're kinda… tough act to follow, you know? Now, I'm gonna be fine. You don't have to worry about me.
Clark Kent: I like worrying about you.
[Lois fights more sobbing as she continues.]
Lois Lane: Would you stop? Don't you know that this is killing me? Do you know what it's like to have you come in here, every morning, and not be able to talk to you? Not be able to… show I have any feelings for you, not… be able to tell anyone I know who you are? I don't even know what to call you!
Clark Kent: Lois, I don't know what to say.
Lois Lane: I dunno, just... say that you love me.

View Quote [Clark returns to Ron's Diner...where he was beaten by Rocky, who is stuffing his face.]
Rocky: Gimme another plate of this garbage.
Annie, the Waitress: Garbage?! That's my number one special, Rocky!
Rocky: All right, Annie! Gimme some more coffee, too, will ya?
Clark Kent: Gee, that's funny. I've never seen garbage eat garbage before...Excuse me, sir, I believe you're sitting in my favorite seat.
Rocky: Come and get it, four-eyes.
Ron, the Owner: Take it easy, will you? I just had this joint fixed; it cost me a fortune!
The unimpressed Rocky shoves Ron aside and then punches Clark, who is unaffected. Rocky, however, breaks his hand. Clark picks Rocky up and sets him on a stool, which he spins at super-speed...leaving Rocky dazed and looking ready to throw up. Clark then sets Rocky on his own meal.
Clark Kent: This order's to go.
Clark then super-pushes Rocky, which sends the bully sliding from one end of the diner's countertop to the other. Rocky lands on a pinball machine, which flashes "TILT". Truck stop patrons look on in awe.
Clark hands a wad of cash to the dumbfounded Ron.
Clark Kent: I'm, uh...terribly sorry about all the damage, sir...Oh, I've been...uh, working out.

View Quote [Clark and Lois enter Mr. White's office]
Clark Kent: Good Morning, Lois. How are you today?
Lois Lane: Oh, I'm just super. Thanks.
Clark Kent: Good morning, Mr. White.
Lois Lane: [elbows Clark] I'm super.
Perry White: Yeah, morning. You're late, Kent.
Clark Kent: Yeah, uh, sorry, Mr. White. I got stuck in traffic.
Lois Lane: Oh, that's a new one.
Clark Kent: Excuse me?
Lois Lane: I mean, as opposed to: "I got stuck in a phone booth" or "I got locked in the men's bathroom".
Clark Kent: Lois, what are you talking about? I'm sorry I was late-
Perry White: If you two wanna bicker, that's great! I have just the assignment for you. You're gonna pose as a honeymoon couple in Niagara Falls to get an expose on the newlywed racket. Some of the hotels up there are just bilking those poor kids for every cent they can get. Real human-interest stuff, though. Make your Aunt Hattie cry her eyes out.
Clark Kent: Um, newlyweds?
Lois Lane: That is a great idea, Mr. White!
Clark Kent: Excuse me, Mr. White, I'm sorry, but I'm right in the middle of a series on the city council and I-
Lois Lane: I mean, it wouldn't take long! We could just fly right up there and zoom back down again. No, Superman?
Perry White: Ha! Yeah. If he'd give you two a ride, maybe we could save a couple bucks.

View Quote Clark Kent: Well, my goodness, you sure look like the cat that has swallowed the canary this morning.
Lois Lane: A canary? No, I was thinking of something a lot more bigger. Something that flies. Something more in blue.
Clark Kent: Uh, Lois, as usual, I'm totally in the dark-
Lois Lane: Let me just turn on the lights for you then. [shows Clark Superman's picture with Clark's description drawn on it] Get the picture?
Clark Kent: Hmm...
Lois Lane: You know, I didn't start to put this together until this morning, which is really strange because a good reporter isn't supposed to let anything slip by her.
Clark Kent: Hmm. Well that's, um, very amusing. Yes. Excuse me.
Lois Lane: Amusing?
Clark Kent: Yes siree. That's, uh, that's very amusing.
Lois Lane: Amusing, huh? Tall, broad shoulders, dark hair; I gotta give you credit, you really had me fooled. And I'm nobody's fool... Superman.
Clark Kent: S-Superman? You mean you think I'm Superman?
Lois Lane: Willing to bet my life on it.
Clark Kent: (laughs) Lois, you know, you are priceless. Really! I mean that is the single most ridiculous thing I've ever - [Lois opens a window] Lois, what are you doing!?
Lois Lane: You wouldn't let me die, Superman!
(Lois promptly jumps)

View Quote Lois Lane: You are Superman, aren't you?
Clark Kent: Lois, now we've been through these hallucinations of yours before. Can't you see what you almost did? Throwing yourself off a building 30 stories high? Can't you see what a tragic mistake you almost made?
Lois Lane: I made a mistake? I made a mistake because I risked my life instead of yours.
[Lois pulls a gun on Clark]
Clark Kent: Lois! Don't be insane!
Lois Lane: And don't fall down 'cause you're just going to have to get up again!
Clark Kent: Lois, don't be crazy! LOIS!
[Lois fires at Clark, who is not affected]
Lois Lane: It is you. I guess I've know it for the longest time.
[Clark removes his glasses and reveals himself as Superman]
Superman: You realize, of course, if you'd been wrong, Clark Kent would've killed.
Lois Lane: With a blank? Gotcha!

View Quote Jor-El: Listen carefully, my son, for we shall never speak again. If you hear me now then you have made use of the only means left in you: The crystal source through which our communications begun. The circle is now complete. You have made a dreadful mistake, Kal-El. You did this of your own free will in spite of all I could say to dissuade you.
Clark Kent: I, uh...
Jor-El: Now, you have returned to me for one last chance to redeem yourself. This too finally I have anticipated, my son.
Clark Kent: Father, no...
Jor-El: Look at me, Kal-El. Once before when you were small, I died while giving you a chance for life. And now, even though it will exhaust the final energy left within me- Look at me, Kal-El. The Kryptonian prophecy will be at once fulfilled. The son becomes the father, the father becomes the son. Farewell forever, Kal-El. Remember me, my son.

View Quote General Zod: Son of Jor-El. We were beginning to think you were a coward.
Clark Kent: I'm not a coward, Zod.
General Zod: It is extremely likely you are merely a fool. Like father, like son.

View Quote (Clark arrives for work the next day after he turned back time again)
Clark Kent: (hangs his coat) Good morning, Lois. (his coat falls down; Lois ignores him) Good morning, Lois.
Lois Lane: Oh. Hi, Clark.
Clark Kent: Jeepers, I have seen some faraway looks in my time, but with that look, you might as well be on the North Pole.
Lois Lane: The North Pole! No, that's too silly. Did you ever feel like you knew something that was so important that... No, you never did. I mean, I'm sitting on the single most important story of my career and I can't even remember what it is.
Clark Kent: Well, knowing- knowing you it must be about Superman. Maybe how he saved the city or saved the world or saved the universe.
Lois Lane: Clark, Clark. Listen, jealousy's really not counterproductive. Now there's some things that you can do.
Clark Kent: Oh, yeah? Really? Like what?
Lois Lane: Like... get us a pizza!
Clark Kent: A pizza? Now?
Lois Lane: Yah, I'm hungry.
Clark Kent: Actually, I don't think Mr. White would like it if -
Lois Lane: I'll pay for half of it, all right.
Clark Kent: I'm going. [gets his coat and hat] Lois, you know about the pizza? It's okay. I'll pay for the whole thing.
Lois Lane: You know you really are super!
(Clark stops and glares at her thinking she was about to say "Superman")