Wonka Quotes

We had been shooting (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)) for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren`t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, "Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, `Hey, what`s he doing?` or `Hey, he`s freaking us out?` " And when she said, "No", I thought, "Christ, I`m not doing enough! Something`s wrong!" Then some of the studio brass came over to the set, and they were sitting in my trailer and I was all decked out as Wonka with the little bangs. And I just had to know. So I said, "Okay, who was the first one, when you started seeing the dailies, that got a little worried?" And there was this beautiful 30-second silence. And (Warner Bros. president) Alan F. Horn finally said, "Yeah, that was me". I felt better instantly.

(on Gene Wilder`s comment on the remake of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)) Hearing about that was disappointing, but I can understand where he`s coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn`t understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying, "Well, they just did this for money". Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn`t they ever do anything for money? Nobody`s ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren`t expecting some return on their dough.

(on the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) movie, telling Daily Telegraph): It`s all about money. It`s just some people sitting around thinking "How can we make some more money?" Why else would you remake Willy Wonka? (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971))

(on Gene Wilder`s comment on the remake of Willy Wonka) "Hearing about that was disappointing, but I can understand where he`s coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn`t understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying `Well, they just did this for money.` Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn`t they ever do anything for money? Nobody`s ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren`t expecting some return on their dough."

We had been shooting Charlie for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren`t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, `Hey, what`s he doing?` or `Hey, he`s freaking us out?` And when she said no, I thought, `Christ, I`m not doing enough! Something`s wrong!` Then some of the studio brass came over to the set, and they were sitting in my trailer and I was all decked out as Wonka with the little bangs. And I just had to know. So I said, `Okay, who was the first one, when you started seeing the dailies, that got a little worried?` And there was this beautiful 30-second silence. And (Warner Bros. president) Alan Horn finally said, `Yeah, that was me.` I felt better instantly.

(on WB`s lame suggestions for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)) "They thought the Charlie character should be more proactive and that Wonka should be more of a father figure, and I`m sitting there thinking, `Willy Wonka is NOT a father figure! If that`s your idea of a father figure, yikes. Willy Wonka`s a weirdo.` "

You know, Willie Wonka said it best: we are the makers of dreams, the dreamers of dreams.

Violet Beauregarde: (with her finger in her nose) Spitting`s a nasty habit. Willy Wonka: I know a worse one.