Supergirl (TV Series)
Fight or Flight (2015)
Calista Flockhart: Cat Grant
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Quotes
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Cat Grant : Let's start with the generals. Where are you from?
Supergirl : I traveled to Earth from my home planet...
Cat Grant : Krypton?
Supergirl : Yes. When it was destroyed. My parents sent me here where they thought I'd be safe.
Cat Grant : I feel like I've heard this story before.
Supergirl : This is my story.
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Cat Grant : So, I can assume that all of your powers are the same as the Man of Steel's? The flying, the super speed, the freezy breath thing?
Supergirl : I'm still working on that last one.
Cat Grant : Oh, so you're not up to his level yet?
Supergirl : [fires her heat vision] I wouldn't say that.
Cat Grant : So, why are we just hearing from you now?
Supergirl : I'm not sure I understand the question.
Cat Grant : Well, if you've been on Earth for years, why wait this long to start giving back? Where were you during the earthquake two years ago? Or the wild fires last September that killed eight people?
Supergirl : This is not a job I take lightly. I had to be ready.
Cat Grant : Any plans to start a family?
Supergirl : Nobody ever asked my cousin these questions.
Cat Grant : Superman is your cousin?
Supergirl : This interview is over.
[flies off]
Cat Grant : What do you do all day when you're not flying around town? Do you have a day job?
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Cat Grant : You don't fool me. You're late. I noticed because there was no one mumbling and shuffling three paces behind me.
Kara Danvers : I'm sorry.
Cat Grant : Where are the magazines?
Kara Danvers : The...
Cat Grant : The paper ones. The ones that can be framed.
Kara Danvers : Right. The magazine.
Winn Schott : [approaching] Uh, the truth is Kara is probably just a little foggy because she was up all night autographing the magazines with... with the author's name.
Cat Grant : Huh. It's as if I thought of it myself, Ker-rah.
Kara Danvers : [Cat leaves] Oh, my god, Winn. You just saved my life. I owe you big time.
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Cat Grant : Bulletproof.
Kara Danvers : Uh...
[pointing back at herself]
Kara Danvers : Are you asking me if I'm bullet...
Cat Grant : Bulletproof Coffee. It's made from unsalted grass-fed butter with an extract of coconut oil that improves brain energy. I will need a cup of it every hour. Crappy coffee has toxins in it that will rob me of my creativity and my vigor. I am going to need both
[throws away everything Kara brought her]
Cat Grant : if I'm going to write a *kick-ass* expose on Supergirl.
Kara Danvers : You're writing it? You - yourself?
Cat Grant : I'm a writer. It's like riding a bike or severe childhood trauma.
[shakes her head]
Cat Grant : You never really lose it. And I must be pretty decent at it, because...
[gestures at all her trappings of success]
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Kara Danvers : What about this passage? Um... "Supergirl embodies the worst traits of her generation. The earnestness without purpose. The unshakable belief that she has a right to be heard even when she has nothing to say."
Cat Grant : That is a magnificent point.
Kara Danvers : I transcribed your interview. She's not like this. You're... you've taken her out of context.
Cat Grant : I have given her context. I hate to break it to you, but the world is tough, and what is she going to do when she has to face a real threat? Oh, I know. She'll call her cousin, just like every other millennial who calls mummy and daddy the second things don't go their way.
Kara Danvers : She won't do that.
Cat Grant : How do you know that?
Kara Danvers : I think... I think maybe what she's trying to say is that when people are scared or hurt or in danger, they think of Superman, but that it's okay to think of her, too. And... and not just as some consolation prize. She is every bit the hero he is. She just needs the chance to prove it.
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Cat Grant : It's a big day for journalism. The Daily Planet can suck it. I scooped them.
Kara Danvers : Yes, I... I heard. You told everyone that Supergirl and Superman are cousins. Do you think maybe she might have... kind of wanted that on the... on the down-low?
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Cat Grant : We will be publishing a special issue of our monthly magazine the day after tomorrow. It is going to make that Caitlyn Jenner "Vanity Fair" look like a Pennysaver pull-out. We need a big party to launch it. Throw something together. Uh... a thousand guests. Rent out a museum or something.
Kara Danvers : Um...
Cat Grant : And move Dave out there to another desk. I find his hair distracting.
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Cat Grant : Do you hear that?
Kara Danvers : Uh... no.
Cat Grant : You don't hear that loud, high-pitched, incessant humming coming from the vents that is making it impossible for me to think straight, let alone string together one coherent sentence?
Kara Danvers : I have pretty good ears, and... and I don't hear anything.
Cat Grant : Well... get maintenance to look into it, because it's driving me crazy.
Kara Danvers : Sure thing. I'll get them right on it. I just need you to approve the appetizers for tomrrow.
Kara Danvers : Ker-rah, I am very proud of the fact that in my many years of being a CEO, I have never thrown a phone at an assistant. I would very much like to keep that record intact.
Kara Danvers : [turning to leave] I'll take care of it.
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Kara Danvers : I finished proofing the Supergirl article.
Cat Grant : Please begin my compliments.
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Kara Danvers : The writing is... the writing's beautiful; it's lyrical. The kind of story they'd make you read in journalism school.
Cat Grant : I distinctly heard a slight uplilt, which suggests a hestitation, evascilation, and maybe an ambivalence?
Kara Danvers : Isn't the tone kind of... a little nasty? I... I mean, the headline, um, okay... "Millennial Falcon: Every Generation Gets the Superhero It Deserves". Supergirl didn't tell you how old she is. How do you know she's a millennial?
Cat Grant : Well, if she's not, then I want the name of her surgeon.
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Cat Grant : [re how she scored her interview with Supergirl] The girl knows power when she sees it. She flew straight to me.
