A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Paul McCartney: Paul
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Quotes
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John : Hey, look at the talent. Let's give them a pull.
Paul : Should I?
George : Aye, but don't rush. None of your five-bar gate jumps and over sort of stuff.
Paul : What's that supposed to mean?
George : I don't know, I just thought it sounded distinguished-like.
John : George Harrison, the Scouse of distinction!
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Ringo : [referring to half-dressed room-service waiter hiding in the wardrobe] Any of you lot put a man in the cupboard?
George : Nah!
Paul : Don't be soft!
Ringo : Well, someone did.
George : [George gets up, walks over, looks in the cupboard, then sits back down]
George : He's right, you know
John : There you go.
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Grandfather : Hullo.
John : He can talk then, can he?
Paul : 'Course he can talk. He's a human being, isn't he?
Ringo : Well, if he's your grandfather, who knows! Ha ha ha!
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[repeated line about Grandfather]
Paul : He's very clean.
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Ringo : I don't snore.
George : You do, repeatedly.
Ringo : Do I snore, John?
John : Yeah, you're a window-rattler, son.
Ringo : That's just your opinion. Do I snore, Paul?
Paul : With a trombone hooter like yours, it would be unnatural if you didn't.
Grandfather : Now, Paulie... don't mock the afflicted.
Paul : Ah, come off it, it's only a joke!
Grandfather : Aye, it may be a joke to you, but it's his nose. He can't help having a hideous great hooter! And his poor little head, trembling under the weight of it!
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[the boys are listening to the radio]
Man on Train : And we'll have that thing off as well, thank you.
Ringo : But...
Man on Train : An elementary knowledge of the Railway Acts would tell you that I'm perfectly within my rights.
Paul : Yeah, but we want to hear it, and there's more of us than you. We're a community, like, a majority vote. Up the workers and all that stuff!
Man on Train : Then I suggest you take that damned thing to the corridor or some other part of the train where you obviously belong.
John : [Leaning over to the man] Give us a kiss.
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Man On Train : I shall call the guard!
Paul : Ah, but what? They don't take kindly to insults, you know. Let's go have some coffee and leave the kennel to Lassie!
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Norm : Now you've got about an hour, but don't leave the theater. Where are you going, John?
John : [with a dancing girl] She's gonna show me her stamp collection.
Paul : [also with a girl] So's mine.
Norm : John, I'm talking to you! This final run-through is important, understand? IMPORTANT!
[John snorts like a pig, then leaves]
Grandfather : I want a cup of tea!
Norm : Uh, Shake?
Shake : [reaching for a guitar] Um... I've got to adjust the decibels on the imbalance, Norm.
Norm : Clever. George?
[George puts his fingers in his ears]
Norm : Ringo, look after him, will you?
Ringo : Ah, Norm!
Norm : Do I have to raise my voice?
Ringo : All right. Come on, Granddad.
[mumbling]
Ringo : I'm a drummer, not a wet nurse, you know?
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Paul : Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt... Zap!
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Ringo : It's the Circle Club.
Paul : [reads aloud the invite] "The management of the Circle Club takes pleasure in requesting the company of Mr. Richard Starkey--that's you--to their gaming rooms. Chemin de Fer, Baccarat, and Champagne Buffet".
[He pronounces it like it's spelled]
Ringo : They want me.
John : It's gotten around you're a big spender.
Norm : [snatches the card from Paul] Well, you're not going.
Ringo : Aww!
Grandfather : [snatches the card from Norm] Quite right. Invites to gambling dens full of easy money and fast women. Chicken sandwiches and carts full of caviar. Disgusting!
Ringo : That's mine!
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Paul : Yeah, where's the old mixer?
Grandfather : Here, Paulie.
Paul : I've got a few words to say to you, two-faced John McCartney.
John : Oh, leave him alone. He's back, isn't he? He can't help being old.
Paul : What's being old got to do with it? He's a trouble-maker and a mixer, that's good enough for me!
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John : [to Grandfather as he sulks] Don't worry son, we'll get you the best lawyer green stamps can buy.
Paul : Oh ho, it's a laugh a line with Lennon!
Paul : Anyway, it's your fault.
[points to Ringo]
Ringo : Why me?
George : Why not you?
[pause, he looks around baggage holding, pats the dog next to him]
John : God, it's depressing in here, isn't it? Funny. They usually reckon dogs more than people in England. You'd expect something more palatial.
[turns back to Paul]
John : Let's do something, then.
Paul : Like what?
[John takes out a pack of cards]
Paul : OK.
George : [as the schoolgirls arrive to watch] Cor, there's the girls.
Ringo : I'll deal 'em.
John : [Ringo separates the cards into two even piles and simply flicks through them] Aye aye, the Liverpool Shuffle.
Ringo : [after montage of them playing with "I Should Have Known Better" in background, Ringo has won] Mine, all mine!
John : He's wearing his lucky rings.
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John : And we're looking after him, are we?
Grandfather : I'll look after myself.
Paul : Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of.
John : He's got you worried, then?
Paul : Him? He's a villain, a real mixer. And he costs you a fortune in Breach of Promise cases.