Supergirl (1984)

Faye Dunaway: Selena

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• Selena : I'm considering nothing less than world domination.

• Selena : Such a pretty world. I can't wait until it's all mine.

• Selena : Get out of my house, Nigel, and don't come slithering back.

  Nigel : Listen, Selena, I'm the only one who can save you from yourself. You *need* me.

  Selena : Like an Eskimo needs a lawnmower, kiddo.

  Nigel : I'm warning you, Selena. Don't be so shortsighted.

• Selena : Don't call me "your sweetness." I am not sweet. I am Selena. And I am a bitter, bitter pill to swallow.

• Selena : Nigel, how long have we been together?

  Nigel : Ooh. Months, darling.

  Selena : Then why does it seem like years?

  Nigel : Because you're so impatient. You want everything yesterday. It takes a lifetime to discover the secrets of black magic from the ancient grimoires.

• Nigel : I have a secret, Selena.

  Selena : How exciting for you, Nigel. Best write it down before you forget it.

  Nigel : After you left me there in the lurch, I saw something that should worry you greatly if you're serious about over the planet. My secret was blue and red, and it knew how to fly.

  Selena : I have a secret, too, Nigel. I have the power. Now, get that through your head. Selena is through worrying. The shoe is on the other foot and it's their turn to worry, all those who mocked me when my chips were down.

  Nigel : Oh, I bet they're really in for it now, eh?

  Selena : Count on it.

• Selena : Every time! Every time! Send a man to do a woman's job, and that's what you get. Damn her eyes. Who is she?

  Bianca : Are you asking me?

  Selena : I'm telling you - Find out.

  Bianca : Well, sure but, you know, I think I recognize the costume.

• Selena : Power of Shadow, take shape. Look like a vicious dark star. Seek out that wretched young creature and destroy her wherever she... are.

  Bianca : Oh, God, that's awful. That's never gonna work.

• Selena : People will do anything for love. They'll jump off cliffs for love. They'll drown themselves like lemmings. So... I'll make everybody love me.

  Bianca : Oh, no chance. You're an awful person, honey, remember? Forget it.

  Selena : Use your imagination, pinhead. That's what magic is all about.

• Nigel : Well, where is it? Where's the little mystery ball? Just let me have a peek. Maybe I can shed some light.

  Selena : I hate light.

  Nigel : I mean, is it electrical? Is it hot to the touch? Where is it?

  Selena : Safe and sound. Go mix. Leave me to my thoughts.

  Nigel : Go mix? With these people? You must be mad. Who are they? Wrinkly little wretches.

  Selena : These are my foot soldiers, Nigel. My army of the night.

• Supergirl : You have no friends, Selena. You treat everyone as if they were put on this Earth to serve you.

  Selena : More or less, I think they were. You included.

• Supergirl : You've had your fun, Selena. The game is finished.

  Selena : Hardly. One false step, bluebird, and even if you don't, your friends will get the point.

  [Selena lowers three cages over hot spikes coming out of floor] 

  Jimmy Olsen : Hey, no!

  Lucy Lane : I don't like this.

  Jimmy Olsen : Don't worry, Lucy. Don't worry.

  Supergirl : I wouldn't, if I were you.

  Selena : Well, you're not me.

• Selena : Goodbye, Nigel.

  Bianca : It was nice talking to you, Nigel.

  Selena : No, it wasn't.

• Nigel : You girls are rank amateurs playing with fire.

  Selena : Because we own the matches.

• Nigel : I want to make a very serious proposal.

  Selena : In that outfit?

• Bianca : You okay?

  Selena : No.

  Bianca : You want a hacksaw or something?

• Selena : Nigel, you are wonderful. Pure genius. You deserve... me. And something else.

  [Selena turns him into a ragged man] 

  Selena : Now let's get out of this dump.

• Selena : A word of advice, Nigel. If I had your skin problems, I'd stop bothering people, put a bag over my head and go live under a bridge.

  [kicks Nigel] 

• Ethan : So, uh, where's the lawn at?

  Selena : It dropped dead.

• Bianca : I think you're blowing this thing out of proportion if you want my opinion.

  Selena : No, this box is definitely getting bigger... And uglier.

  Bianca : All I'm saying is, you can't go nuts over a landscape guy and a teenager in a blue suit.

  Selena : She flies. Can you get that through your thick skull and into your tiny little brain, Bianca? The girl can fly.

• Nigel : What's going on? Hey, what's going on?

  Selena : I've just outgrown you, Nigel. These things happen!

  Nigel : You can't treat me like this, Selena. Without me, you'd still be reading tea leaves at Lake Tahoe.

• Supergirl : The Omegahedron, Selena. I want it.

  Selena : Well, then, Supergirl, you shall have it.

• Selena : [about who has greater powers]  I can make the sky rain coconuts with pinpoint accuracy, but I still can't control men's minds. Not with her around.

• Selena : [after her magical creation barges through the walls]  Next time, remind me to do this outside.

• Selena : What good is a sword if it's not unleashed?

• Bianca : I was reading in this book, you know, "The Witches Guide to Heaven and Hell", and if you start your own coven, all you have to do is charge five bucks a head, minimal admission. That's great.

  Selena : Chicken feed.

  Bianca : Ah, that's better than goose egg.

• Supergirl : Who are you?

  Selena : I am Selena, Diodenes of Catania, Priestess of Sekhnet. I am the Ultimate Siren of Endor. And you, little lady, are trespassing on private property.

  Selena : [points at Ethan]  She means him.

  Supergirl : I am Kara of Argo City, daughter of Alura and Zor-El, and I don't scare easily.

• Selena : The world is at last my oyster.

  Bianca : Would you mind letting Bianca in on this, you know, unexpected bit of good luck? Or whatever it is?

  Selena : Bad luck. I have been chosen. The powers of darkness I think may, at long last, have come to their senses.

• Selena : What I want... are some houseplants inside here. Something that goes well with the house.

  Ethan : This is a house?

  Selena : Of course, it's a house. There's the bedroom over there.

  Ethan : I think it's getting dark in here. You know, what kind of plant is gonna wanna...... grow in this dump? I don't know.

  Selena : Shade plants.

• Bianca : Hey, I know that guy.

  [images stop appearing] 

  Bianca : Oh, the cable's out.

  Selena : Oh, what cable? This is a mirror.

• Bianca : A storm dragon?

  Selena : A Supergirl.