Hollywoodland (2006)

Ben Affleck: George Reeves

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Quotes 

• Kenneth Giles : [after defeating villains in a live show]  Hey, Superman! Hey, Superman!

  George Reeves : Well, hello there, young man, what's your name?

  Kenneth Giles : [brandishing a gun]  Kenneth Giles. Can I shoot you?

  George Reeves : [he sees that it's a real gun and is suddenly very serious]  Kenneth, why would you want to do something like that?

  Kenneth Giles : So the bullet bounces off. Can I?

  George Reeves : Well, if you did shoot me and the bullet bounced off, it might accidentally hit someone else. We don't want that to happen, do we?

  Kenneth Giles : No...

  George Reeves : Why don't you just, you and I... Here we go, partner. Why don't you just give me that? Just hand me that...

• George Reeves : [about Leonore Lemmon]  She makes me feel young.

  Toni Mannix : [obviously offended]  Have you seen yourself, George? Your face is going.

  George Reeves : Don't do this...

  Toni Mannix : Here, your eyes, your hair, your stomach.

  George Reeves : Stop it.

  Toni Mannix : You think no one notices?

  George Reeves : Toni, don't do this.

  Toni Mannix : But you've got your projects, haven't you? You're going to be a director. You'll sit in your little canvas chair polishing your balls. "Thank God I got rid of that hag I had to screw. What was her name? The one who paid for everything! The one who bought me a fucking house!".

  George Reeves : For God's sake...

  Toni Mannix : You want publicity? You'll get it. I'll say you're a Red. And a faggot. A lush. Nobody can call that a lie!

  George Reeves : You know what? You've never helped me. You never helped me! You could've talked to Eddie. You could've gotten me something, but you didn't! Because you liked me where I was, in a fucking red suit! You liked that! Well, that's not who I am, understand? God damn you!

  Toni Mannix : ...But, George, that's all you were good for. Ten-year-olds and shut-ins. That was the best you were ever going to be. I knew that, why didn't you?

• Toni Mannix : Straight arrow George! You go to New York, and you fuck some whore, and you run back to tell me!

  George Reeves : She's not a whore.

  Toni Mannix : She's an actress. A singer? Does she blow smoke rings with her cunt?

• George Reeves : What's that? Someone's in need. You can't see my penis, can you?

• Toni Mannix : [Reeves steps in to get a photograph with Rita Hayworth]  Just made it.

  George Reeves : Beg your pardon?

  Toni Mannix : Into the picture.

  George Reeves : Was someone taking a picture? I hadn't noticed.

  [Reeves lights Mannix' cigarette] 

  Toni Mannix : My, we're awfully well-trained, Mister...

  George Reeves : George Reeves.

  [Mannix laughs] 

  George Reeves : Was it the line or the delivery?

  Toni Mannix : I laugh when I'm happy.

  George Reeves : I see. Well, who is it I'm making so happy?

  Toni Mannix : I'm Toni.

  George Reeves : Just a poor girl with no last name.

  [Mannix laughs again] 

  George Reeves : I had no idea I could spread this much joy!

  Toni Mannix : Who knows what you might be spreading?

  [Reeves grins] 

  Toni Mannix : Your turn.

  George Reeves : I'm afraid you've got me!

• George Reeves : [after falling from a snapped wire holding him up]  I'd like to thank the Academy and all the good people of Galesburg, Illinois, for making me who I am today.

  [turns and walks away] 

• George Reeves : [looks at himself in the mirror after putting on Superman costume for the first time]  I look like a damned fool!

• George Reeves : Well, you know what they say about land. They - they aren't making any more of it.

• Toni Mannix : She's a lesbian, you know.

  George Reeves : Who?

  Toni Mannix : The one playing Lois.

  George Reeves : Phyllis? Is she really?

  Toni Mannix : No. She is now, as far as you're concerned.

  George Reeves : Well... there it is.

• Toni Mannix : [Wryly]  I have another seven good years, then my ass drops like a duffel bag.

  George Reeves : Well, it seems alright now.

  Toni Mannix : Thank you for noticing.

• [last lines] 

  George Reeves : Goodnight.

• Toni Mannix : Just made it.

  George Reeves : I beg your pardon?

  Toni Mannix : Into the picture.

  George Reeves : [smirking]  Was someone taking a picture? I hadn't noticed.

• George Reeves : They're picking up Superman.

  Toni Mannix : They're what?

  George Reeves : Kellogg's. They bought it.

  Toni Mannix : After two years?

  George Reeves : That's right. And I will be on television in a month. Wearing brown and gray underpants.

• Art Weissman : An actor can't always act. Sometimes he has to work.

  George Reeves : You're talking to the man who defended Camelot with a cardboard sword.

  Art Weissman : I enjoyed you in that.

  George Reeves : You were the oldest boy in the theater.

  Art Weissman : Look, it's a dirt-cheap kiddie show. It doesn't even have a sponsor. Odds are no one's ever gonna see it.

  George Reeves : [sarcastically]  It's just sounding better and better.

• Eddie Mannix : Tough game.

  George Reeves : Well, I'm always ready to play.

• Natividad Vacio : We're two steps from the men's room. Anyone sees us, they'll think we're queer.

  George Reeves : You do look fetching tonight.

• Art Weissman : George, what do you want from life?

  George Reeves : Oh, I don't know. I'd settle for Clark Gable's career.

• Toni Mannix : Well, maybe it wasn't your proudest moment.

  George Reeves : No, I'm quite sure it wasn't.

  Toni Mannix : But you did create a very likable, very attractive, very heroic character.

  George Reeves : Is that right?

  Toni Mannix : I'd fuck you in a second.

• Leonore Lemmon : Goddamn! Make room for fucking Daddy! You know what, stallion?

  George Reeves : What?

  Leonore Lemmon : I think you're starting to get the hang of this. Let's do it again.

• George Reeves : I want to be honest with you.

  Toni Mannix : My, that's noble. What is that, from some script you auditioned for in the '40s?

• George Reeves : This makes sense to me. I can set up my own projects. Direct and produce and - we'll get some other sap to jump around in colored underwear.

• Leonore Lemmon : So, how about an autograph for my poor crippled nephew?

  George Reeves : Is he in an iron lung?

  Leonore Lemmon : He's in Yonkers.

• George Reeves : I know when I'm out of my league.

  Leonore Lemmon : Don't sell yourself short. I got a big heart. I'll bet you've got a big one, too.