"Do you know how many times people come up to me and said that they "Just love The Beatles!" And that their all-time favorite Beatles song just happens to be "Yesterday"? I ought to wear a bleedin' placard around me neck saying "It's a Paul song, piss off!""

"Y'know, the Buddhists that you've gotta rid yourself of all these illusions including the ultimate one, which is this concept of self. D'you know how basic that is? All this pain is wrapped up in this concept is that this thing called "I" exists. And that the real key is in perceiving this quiet reality that's so much simpler than anything we can imagine? 'Course, y'know, my problem is, the moment I get a taste of this quiet reality, y'know, my ego gets all excited 'cause I think "I think I'm on to something big here! The next great understanding, John, wa-hey!" Before I know it, my thoughts are running a show again, and I'm back conceptualizing and... I've gotta learn how to stop meself earlier! Y'know, I've gotta learn how to control me thoughts!"

"[to Paul] I mean, it's not as though I think you're complete rubbish, you know? Of course, I like some things better than others, but overall, I'd say you're very good at being you."

"We're all hypocrites at heart, aren't we?"

"Music in the park? I'll have to write to me Senator."

"[regarding the possibility of a Beatles reunion] Well, Tom... You never know."

"Everybody's in pain, Paul. If you wanna do some real good, you ought to stop singing silly little love songs, mate. Just shut up for a while, and then... bloody scream."

"Look, Paul, when I met Yoko, everything changed. I couldn't care less about being in some little boys' club anymore, y'know? If you couldn't deal with Yoko, you had no business dealing with me!"

"I was making sure that Mercury isn't in retrograde, y'know what I mean? That's one of the few things I do know about -- Mercury in retrograde spells trouble. "Look out!" You're better off staying in bed."

"Well, you tell your sort-of girlfriend that you sort-of met one of the Beatles and he turned out to be just as much of a bastard as anybody else."

""The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." Actually -- I'm not sure I entirely agree with him. I mean, I think it helps to have some kind of... public recognition as well. Otherwise how do you know if what you've done is any good?"

"Scott Wickware as Officer Francis"

"Joe Bostick as Elevator Attendant"

"Robert Seelinger as Second Officer"

"Jared Harris as John Lennon"

"When we split up and I was suddenly out of a job, uh... I'll tell you exactly what I did do: Nothing. I was at the farm, and at first I stopped washing. Then I stopped shaving. Then I just stopped getting out of bed. I just used to lay in bed for days on end, smoking and drinking and watching telly. It was really awful."

"[regarding Trepanning] Just one thing though. What do you do when it rains?"

"I mean, my question is -- still is, "If it's not fun, why?""

"Ric Reid as TV Interviewer"

"Louis Di Bianco as Luigi"

"[regarding John] I see a beautiful little boy whose mother says "goodbye". I see the same little boy, blaming himself for his father's mistakes. Telling himself that everything is his fault. I see this little boy believing that the world is a dangerous place, and that there's nobody you can depend on to protect you. So you grow up trying to pretend that ordinary little things don't scare the hell out of you, but they do. I see... my old friend, who used to skip classes and wander off with me to the old graveyard, looking back at me, still putting himself and me through hell. And I see a frightened man who doesn't realize how beautiful he is!"

"Aidan Quinn as Paul McCartney"

"Martin Martinuzzi as Limo Driver"

"Neil Foster as Concierge"

"Jeremy Tracz as Political Activist"

"Ian Ryan as Dreadlocked Man"

"You bloody disappeared! All of a sudden, everything's "John and Yoko", where's John? You turned your back on us, remember? Bloody right, I was mad at her! I was really mad at you, it was just easier to hate Yoko!"

"Why should anyone listen to you or me screamin' and moanin' about how bad things are, when we can go out and make bloody good music about it?"

"Derek Aasland as Young Man"

"I love New York, it's a nice place! To visit."

"Kevin Bacon — a fictionalized version of himself"

"Michael Rooker — Yondu Udonta"

"Sean Gunn — Kraglin Obfonteri"

"Bradley Cooper — Rocket"

"The Old 97's — an alien band on Knowhere"

"Pom Klementieff — Mantis"

"Vin Diesel — Groot"

"Dave Bautista — Drax the Destroyer"

"Karen Gillan — Nebula"

"[after destroying Peter's Christmas tree] I HATE CHRISTMAS!!"

"[to Peter] Everything I know about Christmas, I learned from Rocket, who learned from Cosmo, who learned from Kraglin, who learned from you. So I thought I might just take it back to the source and make sure I understand this all correctly. This is, after all, a historical document."

"I can’t believe not a single one of our new homies know where Kevin Bacon is. There are tens of thousands of people on this planet, and we don’t even know what Kevin Bacon looks like."

"There will be no coal in James Gunn’s stocking this year. His “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” is stuffed with funny, feel-good Christmas joy, and it’s one of the best pieces of content Marvel Studios has released in years."

"Chris Pratt — Peter Quill / Star-Lord"

"Polly Shannon as store clerk"

"Nicole de Boer as Bonnie"

"Frank Moore as Dan Thornhill"

"Ron Reagan as guard"