Man of Steel (film) Quotes

Man of Steel (film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Man of Steel ended its run in 1970.

It features Charles Roven; Christopher Nolan; Emma Thomas; Deborah Snyder as producer, Hans Zimmer in charge of musical score, and Amir Mokri as head of cinematography.

Man of Steel (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Man of Steel (film) is 143 minutes long. Man of Steel (film) is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The cast includes: Russell Crowe as Jor-El, Henry Cavill as Superman, Antje Traue as Faora, Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, Michael Shannon as General Zod, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Russell Crowe as Lor-Em, Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy, and Laurence Fishburne as Perry White.

Man of Steel (film) Quotes

Michael Shannon as General Zod

• (Michael Shannon) "What have you done to me?"
• (Henry Cavill) "My parents taught me to hone my senses, Zod. Focus on just what I wanted to see. Without your helmet, you're getting everything."
• (Michael Shannon) "Unh."
• (Henry Cavill) "And it hurts, doesn't it?"

• (Michael Shannon) "You are not alone."

• (Michael Shannon) "You are not alone -- My name is General Zod. I come from a world far from yours. I have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you. For some time, your world has sheltered one of my citizens. I request that you return this individual to my custody. For reasons unknown, he has chosen to keep his existence a secret from you. He will have made efforts to blend in. He will look like you, but he is not one of you. To those of you who may know of his current location: the fate of your planet rests in your hands. To Kal-El, I say this: surrender within 24 hours, or watch this world suffer the consequences."

• (Michael Shannon) "What have you done?"
• (Russell Crowe) "We've had a child, Zod. A boy child. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries, and he will be free, free to forge his own destiny."
• (Michael Shannon) "Heresy. Destroy it."

• (Michael Shannon) "Lara, listen to me. The Codex is Krypton's future. Abort the launch."

• (Michael Shannon) "This council has been disbanded."
• (Ro-Zar) "On whose authority?"
• (Michael Shannon) "Mine."
• (Michael Shannon) "The rest of you will be tried and punished accordingly."
• (Russell Crowe) "What are you doing, Zod? This is madness."
• (Michael Shannon) "What I should have done years ago. These lawmakers with their endless debates have led Krypton to ruin."
• (Russell Crowe) "And if your forces prevail? You'll be the leader of nothing."
• (Michael Shannon) "Then join me. Help me save our race. We'll start anew. We'll sever the degenerative bloodlines that led us to this state."
• (Russell Crowe) "And who will decide which bloodlines survive, Zod? -- You?"
• (Michael Shannon) "Don't do this, El. The last thing I want is for us to be enemies."
• (Russell Crowe) "You have abandoned the principles that bound us together. You've taken up the sword against your own people. I will honor the man you once were, Zod, not this monster you have become."

• (Michael Shannon) "Your father equipped himself with great honor Kal."
• (Henry Cavill) "You killed my father?"
• (Michael Shannon) "I did. And not a day goes by that it does not haunt me. But if I had to do it again I would. I have a duty to my people, and I will not allow anyone to prevent me from carrying it out."

• (Michael Shannon) "Where is the Codex?"
• (Martha Kent) "Go to hell."

• (Michael Shannon) "There's only one way this ends, Kal. Either you die, or I do."

• (Michael Shannon) "Look at this. We could have built a new Krypton in this squalor, but you chose the humans over us. I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born. And every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now -- I have no people. My soul, that is what you have taken from me."

• (Michael Shannon) "Your son, Lara, where have you sent him?"
• (Lara Lor-Van) "His name is Kal, son of El. And he is forever beyond your reach."

• (Michael Shannon) "If you love these people so much, you can mourn for them."
• (Clark Kent) "Don't do this. Stop. Don't."
• (Michael Shannon) "Never."
• (Clark Kent) "NOOOO."

Russell Crowe as Jor-El

• (Russell Crowe) "Can you see the Codex?"
• (Kelex) "It's just beneath the central hub, sir. But I'm compelled to warn you, breaching the genesis chamber is a Class B crime punishable --"
• (Russell Crowe) "Nobody cares anymore, Kelex. The world is about to come to an end."

• (Russell Crowe) "Look."
• (Henry Cavill) "Lois."
• (Russell Crowe) "You can save her, Kal. You can save all of them."

• (Russell Crowe) "Our people can co-exist."
• (Michael Shannon) "So we can suffer through years of pain, trying to adapt like your son has?"
• (Russell Crowe) "You're talking about genocide."
• (Michael Shannon) "Yes. And I'm arguing its merits with a ghost."

• (Russell Crowe) "Goodbye, my son. Our hopes and dreams travel with you."
• (Lara Lor-Van) "He will be an outcast. They'll kill him."
• (Russell Crowe) "How? He'll be a god to them."

• (Russell Crowe) "You will give the people of Earth an ideal to strive towards. They will race behind you, they will stumble, they will fall. But in time, they will join you in the sun, Kal. In time, you will help them accomplish wonders."

• (Russell Crowe) "Out there, amongst the stars, he will be free."

• (Russell Crowe) "Will you not understand? Krypton's core is collapsing. We may only have a matter of weeks. I warned you, harvesting the core was suicide. It has accelerated the process of implosion."
• (Russell Crowe) "Our energy reserves were exhausted. What would you have us do, El?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Look to the stars, like our ancestors did. There are habitable worlds within reach. We can begin by using the old outposts."
• (Ro-Zar) "Are you seriously suggesting that we evacuate the entire planet?"
• (Russell Crowe) "No, everybody here is already dead. Give me control of the Codex. I will ensure the survival of our race. There is still hope. I have held that hope in my hands --"

• (Russell Crowe) "You can save them -- You can save all of them."

• (Russell Crowe) "Goodbye, Miss Lane. I do not think we shall ever meet again."

• (Russell Crowe) "General Zod, for the crimes of murder and high treason, the council has sentenced you and your fellow insurgents to 300 cycles of somatic reconditioning. Do you have any last words?"
• (Michael Shannon) "You won't kill us yourself. You wouldn't dirty your hands but you'll damn us to a black hole for eternity. Jor-El was right. You're a pack of fools, every last one of you."
• (Michael Shannon) "You -- you believe your son is safe -- I will find him. I will reclaim what you have taken from us. I will find him. I will find him, Lara. I WILL FIND HIM."

• (Russell Crowe) "To see you standing there having grown into an adult -- if only Lara could have witnessed this."
• (Clark Kent) "Who are you?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I am your father, Kal, or at least a shadow of him. His consciousness. My name is Jor-El"
• (Clark Kent) "Kal? That's my name?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Kal-El, it is."
• (Clark Kent) "I have so many questions. Where do I come from? Why did you send me here?"
• (Russell Crowe) "You came from Krypton, a world with a much harsher environment than Earth's. Long ago, in an era of expansion, our race spread out through the stars, seeking new worlds to settle upon. This scout ship was one of thousands launched into the void. We built outposts on other planets, using great machines to reshape environments to our needs. For 100 thousand years our civilization flourished, accomplishing wonders."
• (Clark Kent) "What happened?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Artificial population control was established. The outposts and space exploration were abandoned. We exhausted our natural resources. As a result, our planet's core became unstable. Eventually, our military leader, General Zod, attempted a coup, but by then it was too late. Your mother and I foresaw the coming calamity and we took certain steps to ensure your survival. This is a genesis chamber. All Kryptonians were conceived in chambers such as this. Every child was designed to perform a predetermined role in our society as a worker, a warrior, a leader, and so on. Your mother and I believed Krypton lost something precious, the element of choice, of chance. What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater? You were the embodiment of that belief Kal. Krypton's first natural birth in centuries. That's why we risked so much to save you."
• (Clark Kent) "Why didn't you come with me?"
• (Russell Crowe) "We couldn't, Kal. No matter how much we wanted to. No matter how we loved you. Your mother, Lara, and I were a product of the failures of our world as much as Zod was. It's hard to explain."
• (Clark Kent) "So I'm alone?"
• (Russell Crowe) "No, you are as much a child of Earth now as you are of Krypton. You can embody the best of both worlds. The dream your mother and I dedicated our lives to preserve."
• (Russell Crowe) "The people of Earth are different from us, it's true, but ultimately I believe that is a good thing. They won't necessarily make the same mistakes we did, but if you guide them, Kal, if you give them hope, that's what this symbol means. The symbol of the House of El means hope. Embodied within that hope is the fundamental belief the potential of every person to be a force for good. That's what you can bring them."

• (Russell Crowe) "Born on Krypton and raised on Earth, you had the best of both and were meant to be the bridge between two worlds."

Laurence Fishburne as Perry White

• (Jenny) "Don't leave me."
• (Laurence Fishburne) "I'm not going to leave you. Lombard, get your ass over here."

Amy Adams as Lois Lane

• (Amy Adams) "Why are you surrendering to Zod?"
• (Henry Cavill) "I'm surrendering to mankind. There's a difference."
• (Amy Adams) "You let them handcuff you?"
• (Henry Cavill) "Wouldn't be much of a surrender if I resisted. And if it makes them feel more secure, then -- then all the better for it."
• (Amy Adams) "What's the 'S' stand for?"
• (Henry Cavill) "It's not an 'S.' On my world it means 'hope.'"
• (Amy Adams) "Well, here it's an 'S.' How about -- Super-"

• (Amy Adams) "Where did you come from?"
• (Russell Crowe) "The command key Miss Lane; thanks to you, I'm uploading into the ship's mainframe."
• (Amy Adams) "Who are you?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I am Kal's father."
• (Amy Adams) "Can you help us?"
• (Amy Adams) "I designed this ship, I can modify its atmospheric composition to human compatibility. We can stop them, we can send them back to the phantom zone."
• (Amy Adams) "How?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I can teach you; and in turn you can teach Kal. Will you help me?"
• (Russell Crowe) "The Ship's crew are alerted. We need to move quickly. Retrieve the command key."
• (Amy Adams) "Did you do that?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Yes, pick up her sidearm."
• (Russell Crowe) "To your right, fire. Behind you."
• (Russell Crowe) "Secure yourself inside the open pod. Safe travels Miss Lane, it's highly unlikely we'll be seeing each other again. Remember, the phantom drives are essential in stopping them -- Move your head to the left."

• (Steve Lombard) "Come on, Lois. When are you gonna throw me a bone? Court-side seats to the game tonight. What do you say?"
• (Amy Adams) "I say you should go back to trolling the intern pool. You'll probably have more luck. Sorry."

• (Amy Adams) "Hi, Lois Lane. Welcome to The Planet."
• (Clark Kent) "Glad to be here Lois."

• (Amy Adams) "I figured if I turned over enough stones you'd eventually find me. Where are you from? What are you doing here? Let me tell your story."
• (Clark Kent) "What if I don't want my story told?"
• (Amy Adams) "It's going to come out eventually. Somebody's going to get a photograph or figure out where you live."
• (Clark Kent) "Well, then I'll just disappear again."
• (Amy Adams) "The only way you could disappear for good is to stop helping people altogether, and I sense that's not an option for you."

• (Amy Adams) "You know, they say it's downhill after the first kiss."
• (Henry Cavill) "I'm pretty sure that only counts when you're kissing a human."

• (Amy Adams) "How do you find someone who has spent a lifetime covering his tracks? You start with the urban legends that have sprung up in his wake. All of the friends of a friend who claimed to have seen him. For some, he was a guardian angel. For others, a cipher; a ghost who never quite fit in. As you work your way back in time, the stories begin to form a pattern."

• (Amy Adams) "Where did you come from?"
• (Russell Crowe) "The command key, Miss Lane. Thanks to you, I'm uploading to this ship's mainframe."
• (Amy Adams) "Who are you?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I am Kal's father."
• (Amy Adams) "Can you help us?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I designed this ship. I can modify its atmospheric composition to human compatibility. We can stop them. We can send them back to the Phantom Zone."
• (Amy Adams) "How?"
• (Russell Crowe) "I can teach you. And in turn, you can teach Kal. Will you help me?"

Antje Traue as Faora

• (Antje Traue) "A good death is its own reward."

• (Antje Traue) "You will not win. For every human you save, we will kill a million more."

• (Antje Traue) "The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not give us a evolutionary advantage and if history had proved anything it is that evolution always wins."

• (Antje Traue) "Are you the ranking officer here?"
• (General Swanwick) "I am."
• (Antje Traue) "General Zod would like this woman to accompany me."
• (Christopher Meloni) "You asked for the alien. You didn't say anything about one of our own."
• (Antje Traue) "Shall I tell the general you're unwilling to comply?"
• (Christopher Meloni) "I don't care what you tell him."
• (Amy Adams) "It's all right. I'll go."

• (Antje Traue) "You are weak, Son of El, unsure of yourself. The fact that you possess a sense of morality, and we do not, gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven anything --"
• (Antje Traue) "-- It is that evolution always wins."

Henry Cavill as Superman

• (Henry Cavill) "You might want to step back a little bit. Maybe a little bit more."

• (General Swanwick) "Are you effing stupid?"
• (Henry Cavill) "It's one of your surveillance drones."
• (General Swanwick) "That's a $12 million piece of hardware."
• (Henry Cavill) "It was. I know you're trying to find out where I hang my cape. You won't."
• (General Swanwick) "Then I'll ask the obvious question. How do we know you won't one day act against America's interests?"
• (Henry Cavill) "I grew up in Kansas, General. I'm about as American as it gets."
• (Henry Cavill) "Look. I'm here to help -- but it has to be on my own terms. And you have to convince Washington of that."
• (General Swanwick) "Even if I were willing to try, what makes you think they'd listen?"
• (Henry Cavill) "I don't know, General. Guess I'll just have to trust you."
• (General Swanwick) "What are you smiling about, Captain?"
• (Captain Carrie Farris) "Nothing, sir. I just think he's kind of hot."
• (General Swanwick) "Get in the car, Captain."
• (Captain Carrie Farris) "Mm-hm. Yes, sir."

• (General Swanwick) "All right. You've got our attention. What is it you want?"
• (Henry Cavill) "I would like to speak to Lois Lane."
• (General Swanwick) "What makes you think she's here?"
• (Henry Cavill) "Don't play games with me, general. I'll surrender, but only if you guarantee Lois' freedom."

• (Henry Cavill) "I won't betray them."
• (Michael Shannon) "You already have."

• (Henry Cavill) "YOU THINK YOU CAN THREATEN MY MOTHER?"

• (Henry Cavill) "Why am I so different from them?"
• (Russell Crowe) "Earth's sun is younger and brighter than Krypton's was. Your cells have drunk in its radiation, strengthening your muscles, your skin, your senses. Earth's gravity is weaker, yet its atmosphere is more nourishing. You've grown stronger here than I ever could have imagined. The only way to know how strong, is to keep testing your limits."

• (Dr. Emil Hamilton) "Sir? Hi, my name is Dr. E --"
• (Henry Cavill) "Emil Hamilton. I know, I can see your ID tag in your breast pocket, along with a half-eaten roll of wintergreen Life Savers. I can also see the squad of soldiers in the next room, preparing that tranquilizing agent of yours. You won't need it."
• (Dr. Emil Hamilton) "Sir, you-you can't expect us to not take precautions. You could be carrying some kind of alien pathogen."
• (Henry Cavill) "Been here for 33 years, Doctor. Haven't infected anyone yet."
• (General Swanwick) "That you know of. We have legitimate security concerns. Now, you revealed your identity to Miss Lane over there. Why won't you do the same with us?"
• (Henry Cavill) "Let's put our cards on the table here, General."
• (Henry Cavill) "You're scared of me because you can't control me. You don't, and you never will. But that doesn't mean I'm your enemy."
• (General Swanwick) "Then who is? Zod?"
• (Henry Cavill) "That's what I'm worried about."
• (General Swanwick) "Be that as it may, I've been given orders to hand you over to him."
• (Henry Cavill) "Do what you have to do, General."

• (Henry Cavill) "If Krypton lives again, what happens to Earth?"
• (Michael Shannon) "A foundation has to be built on something. Even your father recognized that."
• (Henry Cavill) "No. NOOO."

• (Henry Cavill) "Krypton had its chance."

Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent

• (Clark Kent at 13) "I just wanted to help."
• (Kevin Costner) "I know you did, but we talked about this. Right? Right? We talked about this. You have --."
• (Kevin Costner) "Clark, you have to keep this side of yourself a secret."
• (Clark Kent at 13) "What was I supposed to do? Just let them die?"
• (Kevin Costner) "Maybe; but there's more at stake here than our lives or the lives of those around us. When the world -- When the world finds out what you can do, it's gonna change everything; our -- our beliefs, our notions of what it means to be human -- everything. You saw how Pete's mom reacted, right? She was scared, Clark."
• (Clark Kent at 13) "Why?"
• (Kevin Costner) "People are afraid of what they don't understand."
• (Clark Kent at 13) "Is she right? Did God do this to me? Tell me."

• (Kevin Costner) "We found you in this. We were sure the government was gonna show up at our doorstep, but no one ever came."
• (Clark Kent at 13) "."
• (Kevin Costner) "This was in the chamber with you. We took it to a metallurgist at Kansas State. He said whatever it was made from didn't even -- didn't even exist on the periodic table. It's another way of saying that it's not from this world, Clark -- and neither are you. You're the answer, son. You're the answer to, "are we alone in the universe?""
• (Clark Kent at 13) "I don't want to be."
• (Kevin Costner) "And I don't blame you, son. It'd be a huge burden for anyone to bear; but you're not just anyone, Clark, and I have to believe that you were -- that you were sent here for a reason. All these changes that you're going through, one day -- one day you're gonna think of them as a blessing; and when that day comes, you're gonna have to make a choice -- a choice of whether to stand proud in front of the human race or not."
• (Clark Kent at 13) "Can't I just keep pretending I'm your son?"
• (Kevin Costner) "You are my son; -- but somewhere out there, you -- you have another father too, who gave you another name, and he sent you here for a reason, Clark; and even if it takes you the rest of your life, you owe it to yourself to find out what that reason is."

• (Kevin Costner) "Did they hurt you?"
• (Clark Kent at 13) "You know they can't."
• (Kevin Costner) "That's not what I meant. I meant, "are you all right?""
• (Clark Kent at 13) "I wanted to hit that kid. I wanted to hit him so bad."
• (Kevin Costner) "I know you did. I mean, part of me even wanted you to, but then what? Make you feel any better? You just have to decide what kind of a man you want to grow up to be, Clark; because whoever that man is, good character or bad, he's -- He's gonna change the world."

Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy

• (Christopher Meloni) "Miss Lane. I'm Colonel Hardy, U.S. Northcom. Dr. Emil Hamilton from DARPA. You're early."
• (Dr. Emil Hamilton) "Hi."
• (Christopher Meloni) "We were expecting you tomorrow."
• (Amy Adams) "Which is why I showed up today. Look, let's get one thing straight, guys, okay? The only reason I'm here is because we're on Canadian soil and the appellate court overruled your injunction to keep me away. So, if we're done measuring dicks, can you have your people show me what you found?"

• (Christopher Meloni) "You're right: a good death is its own reward."

• (Christopher Meloni) "This man is not our enemy."
• (Clark Kent) "Thank you, Colonel."

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