... lex luthor almost made a great, great, great masterpiece Star Wars movie which was fifteen hours long.. and didn't .. he has lobbied a nucleur salvo against wall street... check one..

.. a part of the screenplay for superman man of steel..

 .. lex luthor's evil mother.. played by Arthur Carlson's mother.. who taught lex many of the ways of business..

lex's mother: ... see, son, my dear son, it's not the pluses and the minuses.. it's the minuses and the minuses .. and the minuses and the minuses .. or one great minuses.. can become a plus.. if it's played correctly..

young lex: .. I think I understand, mom..

lex's mother: .. I know you do son, somehow I know you do.. don't worry about understanding it.. it'll come.. their's time.. what?.. - kisses him frantically, anxiously -