“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” quotes

- Charlie Bucket: You can eat the grass?
- Willy Wonka: Of course you can! Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism", my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.
Freddie Highmore - Charlie Bucket
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Grandma Georgina: You smell like peanuts. I love peanuts.
- Willy Wonka: Oh, thank you. You smell like... old people. And soap. I like it.”
Liz Smith - Grandma Georgina
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Mike Teavee: Die! Die! Die!
- Mr. Teavee: Doesn't seem like they stay kids very long.”

Jordan Fry - Mike Teavee
Adam Godley - Mr. Teavee

“In the end, Charlie Bucket won a chocolate factory. But Willy Wonka had something even better, a family. And one thing was absolutely certain, life had never been sweeter.”
Geoffrey Holder - Narrator

“- Grandpa Joe: Mr. Wonka, I don't know if you remember me, but I used to work here in the factory.
- Willy Wonka: Were you one of those despicable spies who everyday tried to steal my life's work and sell it to those parasitic copy-cat candy-making cads?
- Grandpa Joe: No, sir.
- Willy Wonka: Then wonderful, welcome back.”
David Kelly - Grandpa Joe
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Charlie Bucket: What do you have against my family?
- Willy Wonka: It's not just your family, it's the whole idea of...You know, they're always telling you what to do, what not to do and it's not conducive to a creative atmosphere!
- Charlie Bucket: Usually they're just trying to protect you, because they love you.”
Freddie Highmore - Charlie Bucket
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“Did you guys know that chocolate contains a property that triggers the release of endorphins? Gives one the feeling of being in love.”
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Grandpa George: The kids who are going to find the golden tickets are the ones who can afford to buy candy bars every day! Our Charlie gets only one a year. He doesn't have a chance.
- Grandma Josephine: Everyone has a chance, Charlie.
- Grandpa George: Mark my words. The kid who finds the first ticket will be fat, fat, fat.”
David Morris - Grandpa George
Eileen Essell - Grandma Josephine

“There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of them in the whole world, and that's all there's ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up for something as common as money.”
David Morris - Grandpa George

“The best kind of prize is a surprise!”
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Willy Wonka: I don't feel so hot. What makes you feel better when you feel terrible?
- Charlie Bucket: My family.”
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore - Charlie Bucket

“- Willy Wonka: You can't run a chocolate factory with a family hanging over you like an old, dead goose. No offense.
- Grandpa George: None taken. Jerk.”
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka
David Kelly - Grandpa Joe

“- Mr. Teavee: Who wants a beard?
- Willy Wonka: Well, beatniks for one, folk singers, and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats.”

Adam Godley - Mr. Teavee
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“- Willy Wonka: I sure hope no part of him gets left behind.
- Mr. Teavee: What do you mean?
- Willy Wonka: Uh, well... sometimes only half of the little pieces find their way through. If you had to choose only one half of your son, which one would it be?
- Mr. Teavee: What kind of a question is that?
- Willy Wonka: No need to snap, just a question.”
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka
Adam Godley - Mr. Teavee

“- Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want to go in.
- Mr. Salt: It's 9:59, sweetheart.
- Veruca Salt: Make time go faster.”

Julia Winter - Veruca Salt
James Fox - Mr. Salt