"There's so much of "place" in the world. There's less time because the time has to be spread extra thin over all the places, like butter. so all the persons say "Hurry up! Let's get going! Pick up the pace! Finish up now!". Ma was in a hurry to go "boing" up to Heaven, but she forgot me. Dumbo Ma! So the angels threw her back down. CRASH! And broke her."

"I've been in the world 37 hours. I've seen pancakes, and a stairs, and birds, and windows, and hundreds of cars. And clouds, and police, and doctors, and grandma and grandpa. But Ma says they don't live together in the hammock house anymore. Grandma lives there with her friend Leo now. And Grandpa lives far away. I've seen persons with different faces, and bigness, and smells, talking all together. The world's like all TV planets on at the same time, so I don't know which way to look and listen. There's doors and... more doors. And behind all the doors, there's another inside, and another outside. And things happen, happen, HAPPENING. It never stops. Plus, the world's always changing brightness, and hotness. And there's invisible germs floating everywhere. When I was small, I only knew small things. But now I'm five, I know EVERYTHING!"

"When I was four, I didn't even know about the world, and now me and ma are going to live in it forever and ever until we're dead. This is a street in a city in a country called America, and earth. That's a blue and green planet, always spinning, so I don't know why we don't fall off. Then, there's outer space. And nobody knows where's heaven. Ma and I have decided that because we don't know what we like, we get to try everything. There are so many things out here. And sometimes, it's scary, but that's okay, because it's still just you and me."

"Eggsnake's our longest friend and fanciest. Meltedy spoon's the best to eat with because he's more blobbier. Labyrinth is the twistiest and she hides things so I don't know where they are. Toilet's the best at disappearing poo. Lamp's the brightest, except when the power's cut. You're the best at reading and songs and lots, except if you're having a gone day. I'm the best at drawing, and jumping, and growing, and nearly everything!"

"[thinking to himself] One, two, three... There's room, then outer space, with all the TV planets, then heaven. Plant is real, but not trees. Spiders are real, and one time the mosquito that was sucking my blood. But squirrels and dogs are just TV, except lucky. He's my dog who might come some day. Monsters are too big to be real, and the sea. TV persons are flat and made of colors. But me and you are real."

"Michael Gambon — Narrator"

"Robert Trebor — producer of Hail, Caesar!"

"Dolph Lundgren (uncredited) — Soviet submarine commander"

"John Bluthal — Herbert Marcuse"

"Natasha Bassett — Gloria DeLamour"

"Allan Havey — Protestant Clergyman"

"Robert Picardo — Rabbi"

"Clancy Brown — Gracchus"

"Greg Baldwin — Dutch Zweistrong"

"Alex Karpovsky — Mr. Smitrovich"

"Fisher Stevens — a Communist screenwriter"

"David Krumholtz — Herschel"

"Patrick Fischler — Benedict"

"Fred Melamed — Fred"

"Ian Blackman — Cuddahy"

"Geoffrey Cantor — Sid Siegelstein"

"Christopher Lambert — Arne Seslum"

"Max Baker — John Howard Hermann"

"Jonah Hill — Joseph Silverman"

"Wayne Knight — Communist operative who kidnaps Baird Whitlock."

"Heather Goldenhersh — Natalie"

"Emily Beecham — Dierdre"

"Veronica Osorio — Carlotta Valdez"

"Alison Pill — Connie Mannix"

"Channing Tatum — Burt Gurney"

"Tilda Swinton — Thora and Thessaly Thacker"

"Frances McDormand — C.C. Calhoun"

"Scarlett Johansson — DeeAnna Moran"

"Ralph Fiennes — Laurence Laurentz"

"Alden Ehrenreich — Hobart "Hobie" Doyle"

"George Clooney — Baird Whitlock"

"Josh Brolin — Eddie Mannix"

"Carlotta Valdez: It's all in the hips, the lips, and the eyes and the thighs."

"Director: Squint against the grandeur!"

"We are heading out to sea and however it will be, it ain't gonna be the same. cause no matter what we see, when we're out there on the sea, we ain't gonna see a dame. we'll be searching high and low on the deck and down below but it's a crying shame. Oh, we'll see a lot of fish but we'll never clock a dish. We ain't gonna see a dame. No dames! we might see some octopuses No dames! or a half a dozen clams No dames! we might even see a mermaid But mermaids got no gams! No gams! Have I got a girl for you! out there on the sea! Here's how it will be i'm gonna dance with you, pal you're gonna dance with me! When we're out there on the sea we'll be happy as can be Or so the Captain claims! But we have to disagree. Cause the only guarantee Is I'll see a lot of you And you'll see a lot of me! And it's absolutely certain That we'll see a lot of sea. But we ain't gonna see no dames. No dames! We're going to sea! No dames! We're going to sea! No dames! We're going to sea! We ain't gonna see no Dames!"

"It's complicated."