Supergirl (TV Series)

Childish Things (2016)

Calista Flockhart: Cat Grant

Quotes 

• Cat Grant : You know, your sister and I have been dear friends for longer than she cares to admit.

  Lucy Lane : To be honest, Cat, Lois and I don't talk much. We've never been particularly close.

  Cat Grant : Really? That's not how she portrays the Lane sisters in her memoir, "A Time to Soar".

  Lucy Lane : I never read it. Seemed like self-promotional claptrap.

  Cat Grant : I see. You're the smart one and the pretty one.

• Cat Grant : Why didn't you tell me?

  Kara Danvers : Tell you what?

  Cat Grant : That Winn Schott, our beloved little computer elf, is the spawn of Toyman.

  Kara Danvers : I... I don't think he really wanted anyone to know.

  Cat Grant : Well, perhaps he should consider changing his name. So, when can we set up the TV interview? He seems like a very sensitive boy. Do you think he can cry on cue?

  Kara Danvers : Ms. Grant, Winn is not doing any interviews.

  Cat Grant : Fine. But if I see him talking to Diane Sawyer, he's fired.

• Cat Grant : I need you to go down to HR and get me the offer packet for Lucy Lane. I want to make sure that everything is organized for her to sign tomorrow.

  Kara Danvers : Has she said yes yet?

  Cat Grant : No. But she will.

  Kara Danvers : You don't think you should have talked to James before offering his girlfriend a job?

  Cat Grant : Oh, Kira. James' problem is not having his girlfriend at work. His problem is having his girlfriend at work while he's having... whatever he's having with... someone else.

  Kara Danvers : [scoffing laugh]  I don't know what you're talking about. Th-There is nothing going on between James and I.

  Cat Grant : As much as I love watching you millennials deny your feelings, I pay you not to have them. Now, I need a lawyer, and this is a place of work, not the bullpen of TMZ. Go get me the offer packet.

  Kara Danvers : Yes, Ms. Grant.

  Cat Grant : [as Kara leaves]  Honestly, she should be paying me by the hour.

• Cat Grant : Where do you see yourself in five years?

  Lucy Lane : Uh... is this a job interview?

  Cat Grant : Do you want it to be?

  Lucy Lane : [laughs]  I'm flattered, Cat, but I just moved here. I'm not looking for a position at the moment.

  Cat Grant : Oh, Lucy! A few weeks ago you were briefing the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And now you're available to meet me on a day's notice wearing a glorified pair of yoga pants.

  Lucy Lane : Oh, they're Balenciaga.

  Cat Grant : They're yoga pants. Now, look, I am not immune to the allure of James Olsen wearing a shirt that's unbuttoned one too many. But a woman with brains who gives up everything for love inevitably finds herself staring into an existential abyss that men, babies and cardio bars simply cannot fill. You are a smart and accomplished woman who needs to work, or you will lose your confidence, your sense of identity, and most importantly, your mind.

  Lucy Lane : Do you have a job for me?