Smallville (TV Series)

Pilot (2001)

Michael Rosenbaum: Lex Luthor

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Quotes 

• Clark Kent : Hey, this is a great place.

  Lex Luthor : Yeah, if you're dead and in the market for something to haunt.

  Clark Kent : Well, I meant it's roomy.

  Lex Luthor : It's the Luthor ancestral home, or so my father claims. He had it shipped over from Scotland stone by stone.

  Clark Kent : Yeah, I remember. The trucks rolled through town for weeks but no one ever moved in.

  Lex Luthor : My father had no intention of living here. He's never even stepped through the front door.

  Clark Kent : Then why'd he ship it over?

  Lex Luthor : Because he could.

• Lex Luthor : Clark, do you believe a man can fly?

  Clark Kent : Sure. In a plane.

  Lex Luthor : No, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about soaring through the clouds, with nothing but air beneath you.

  Clark Kent : People can't fly, Lex.

  Lex Luthor : I did. After the accident, when my heart stopped. It was the most exhilarating two minutes of my life. I flew over Smallville, and for the first time, I didn't see a dead end. I saw a new beginning. Thanks to you, I have a second chance. We have a future, Clark, and I don't want anything to stand in the way of our friendship.

• Jonathan Kent : Who was the maniac who was driving that car?

  Lex Luthor : That would be me.

  [offering a handshake] 

  Lex Luthor : Lex Luthor.

  Jonathan Kent : I'm Jonathan Kent. This is my son.

  Lex Luthor : Thanks for saving my life.

  Clark Kent : I'm sure you would have done the same thing.

  Lex Luthor : You got quite an extraordinary boy there, Mr. Kent. If there's any way I can repay you?

  Jonathan Kent : Drive slower.

• Lex Luthor : I could have sworn I hit you.

  Clark Kent : If you did... I'd be... I'd be dead.

• Lex Luthor : Your father doesn't like me, does he? It's okay. I've been bald since I was nine. I'm used to people judging me before they get to know me.

  Clark Kent : It's nothing personal. He's just not crazy about your dad.

  Lex Luthor : Figures the apple doesn't fall far from the tree? Understandable. What about you, Clark? Did you fall far from the tree?

• Lex Luthor : [angrily throwing his epee into the wall]  Clark? I didn't see you.

  Clark Kent : I, uh, buzzed, but no one answered.

  Lex Luthor : [pulling the epee out]  How'd you get through the gate?

  Clark Kent : I kinda squeezed through the bars. I-If this is a bad time...

  Lex Luthor : Oh, no, no, I think Heiki has sufficiently kicked my ass for the day.

• Clark Kent : This is a great place.

  Lex Luthor : Yeah... if you're dead and in the market for something to haunt.

  Clark Kent : Well, I meant... roomy.

  Lex Luthor : It's the Luthor ancestral home. Or so my father claims. He had it shipped over from Scotland stone by stone.

  Clark Kent : Yeah, I remember. The trucks rolled through town for weeks, but no one ever moved in.

  Lex Luthor : My father had no intention of living here. He's never even stepped through the front door.

  Clark Kent : Then why'd he ship it over?

  Lex Luthor : Because he could.