Top 161 Charlie Quotes

I thought ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ was terrible. I’m a big fan of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, so I don’t know what went wrong with that.

When I did ‘Bird,’ it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn’t in it and second because most of the films I’d been doing were cop movies or westerns or adventure films, so to be doing one about Charlie Parker, who was a great influence on American music, was a great thrill for me.

I really enjoy listening to players on the cusp of swing into bebop like Charlie Shavers, Clifford Brown and Clark Terry. They balance immense facility on their instrument with rhythm, melody, and more complex harmonies of the time.

I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.

But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?

I think cool originates with the jazz culture in the ’40s. There was probably cool before that, but that’s when people started talking about cool – Miles Davis and Charlie Parker and a bunch of other early, cool jazz folk.

My fight isn’t with Charlie Hales. My fight is with the problems he has failed to address as mayor.

I want to educate people and deliver news that isn’t just surrounded by Charlie Sheen. I’d like to be able to do the serious stuff in conjunction with the comedy.

Anything you’re interested in the world – whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop – they’re on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.

As astute followers of ‘Life in Hell’ will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-shirt as Charlie Brown. ‘Peanuts’ was very important to me.

‘Charlie Hebdo’ had been nondenominational in its satire, sticking its finger into the sensitivities of Jews and Christians, too – but only Muslims responded with threats and acts of terrorism.

In my next life, I would like to be Charlie Rose or Howard Stern or maybe something in between.

I grew up listening to Ravel, Debussy, Bartok and jazz like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart. It was incredibly inspiring! And I was given a guitar and I said ‘What the hell is this?!’

It was weird. Like, people came up to me and knew me as Daredevil before any footage had come out. I remember a guy on the subway being like, ‘You’re Charlie Cox. You’re Daredevil.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah…?’ I was barely Daredevil. I hadn’t even signed the contract, you know?

I would never go on an intimate date with Charlie Sheen. He is really not my type at all.

I flew home to Pittsburgh, and my management called me to ask if I wanted to perform on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ with Charlie Puth. I’m like, ‘What? I grew up watching the show!’

The radicals who perpetrated the Charlie Hebdo attack were not motivated by Western imperialism but by members of a free society violating Islamic law.

It’s just keeping what I want private, private, and the same with Charlie.

I met Charlie Trotter before I actually saw him in person; I was 24 when I first opened the pages of Charlie’s cookbook ‘Charlie Trotter’s’ and was greeted by a man I would know and admire for the next 20 years.

I’m a big fan of Charlie Day.

People always say to me, ‘It must have been wonderful coming from old Hollywood, with all those movie stars,’ but I never knew anyone. I didn’t even know who Charlie Chaplin was. My parents really kept me away from it all.

My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.

Well, one person whose company I enjoy is Charlie Whelan. He and I get on really well together.

I got offered ‘Black Mirror,’ and my boyfriend and I were so excited. I used to read Charlie Brooker’s column growing up.

When I present the Charlie Parker book, I do a call and response that works quite well. With the Thelonious Monk book, I play the music and work with kids in a group to create a color wheel and show how the wheel can be mapped on a 12-tone chromatic scale.

You won’t see Christians violently attacking people for criticising their religion like you do with Islam, things like the Charlie Hebdo attack.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

I think Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen have a lot of chemistry between them.

My first favourite book was ‘Are You My Mother?’ A picture book about a lost bird. After that my favourites changed almost yearly. I loved everything by Roald Dahl, but my favourite was probably ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ A librarian gave me a first edition of that book, which I treasure.

Charlie Brown’s good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

I think it’s amusing to watch a naive, well-meaning character kind of undo more cynical characters – kind of like watching Laurel and Hardy or Charlie Chaplin.

I had learning problems when I was in elementary school, and didn’t really start to read well until high school. I never read any of the middle grade classics that were popular when I was young – ‘Harriet the Spy’, ‘Charlotte’s Web’, ‘The Witch of Blackbird Pond’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.

The idea was to make a movie ourselves with everyone playing a cameo role. Preferably before we all go, ‘cos poor old Charlie Wilson was murdered, and of course Buster has gone.

A new book by ‘New York Times’ reporter Charlie Savage, ‘Power Wars,’ suggests that there has been little substantive difference between George W. Bush’s administration and Obama’s when it comes to national-security policies or the legal justifications used to pursue regime change in the Greater Middle East.

I think the most fun part about working on ‘Good Luck Charlie’ is spending time with everyone, honestly, because everybody on set is like my brother and sister and mom and dad. They’re so fun to be around, so that’s probably the best part about working there.

My love of lip gloss comes from my mom, who always wore it – and from watching ‘Charlie’s Angels.’

I remember that Charles Schulz, at the end of his life, had eyes full of tears for Charlie Brown. I thought about the reason for all his emotion: he had lived for 50 years with them.

I wasn’t around when Nic was playing Donald. I was around with Charlie.

I knew Charlie Parker, and he gave us such a gift with his music. He put so much into so little space, and it was tragic that he died so young.

I grew up listening to Puerto Rican music like everybody else. But when I listened to Charlie Parker for the first time, I said, ‘How does this guy play so fast?’

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I’d play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well.

You’re a good man, Charlie Brown.

I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts.

It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing ‘Charlie’s Angels’ because it did so much for my career.

One of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take someone like Steve Martin, who I follow: it’s all sorts of comic gems, nothing private, nothing personal – all jokes. Other celebrities are overtly personal – like Charlie Sheen. I do a mix of observations and updates.

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.

Charlie would be so proud of what these young people are accomplishing today and, in true Charlie fashion, would encourage them to walk to the very edge of their comfort zone and then take another step.

Charlie Rose is the ultimate ad.

‘The Sisters Brothers’ started out as a little bit of dialogue between these two men who became Eli and Charlie Sisters.

I have been following Charlie Chaplin since my childhood days. He is an inspiration to everyone.

I would love to do the therapist on ‘Two and a Half Men’ again or just work with Charlie Sheen.

There was not a lot of rock n’ roll in the house. Our parents didn’t think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasn’t very hip.

Our family was the most important part of Charlie’s life. He loved us very much, and we adored him.

The truth is, ‘Charlie Hebdo’ is not a racist magazine. Rather, it is a campaigning anti-racist left-wing magazine.

In the late 1960s, I was working as an usher for the New York stage production of ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.’

The only thing that my fans expect out of me is for it to be natural and not forced. They know me really well, and the moment I start to force something and pretend to be something I’m not, they’re gonna pick up on it. They’ll literally call me out on Twitter, like, ‘Charlie, this is not you.’

‘Hera Pheri’ is inspired by ‘Laurel and Hardy,’ Charlie Chaplin. It is about humor of poverty.

When I was a kid, I was in love with one of the ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ I told my dad, ‘I’m going to marry somebody like Cheryl Ladd.’ My dad said, ‘You’re not that good-looking, mijo. You’re going to have to make a lot of money if that’s what you want.’ I went, ‘Well, I want that, so I’m going to make money.’