Memorable Quotes from Jack Albertson
7 quotesUnderstanding the Disregard for Authority
Charlie
Why doesn't she listen to Mr. Wonka?
Grandpa Joe
Because, Charlie, she's a nitwit!
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Struggling for Survival Amidst Desperation
Linda Rogo
This is a bunch of crap. We're sinking and nothing's going to keep us from drowning.
Mike Rogo
Keep moving.
Manny Rosen
He's right, Mrs. Rogo, there are air pockets all over the ship.
Linda Rogo
Air pockets?
Manny Rogen
Yes, just because that deck is flooded doesn't mean this one will.
Nonnie Parry
How long will we stay afloat?
James Martin
Long enough.
[gently]
Robin Shelby
The Andrea Doria stayed afloat for 10 hours before she sank.
James Martin
You see, Nonnie, everything's gonna be alright. We have a long time to go.
Mike Rogo
Come on, keep moving, keep moving.
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Tensions Rise in a Critical Moment
Manny Rosen
Belle, be careful.
Belle Rosen
Manny, you think I'm planning to be careless?
[dives in]
Mike Rogo
What the hell does he think she's doing?!
Manny Rosen
Let her go! She knows what she's doing!
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Charlie’s Chocolate Supply Is Denied
Grandpa Joe
Mr. Wonka?
Wonka
I am extraordinarily busy, sir.
Grandpa Joe
I just wanted to ask about the chocolate... the lifetime supply of chocolate, for Charlie. When does he get it?
Wonka
He doesn't.
Grandpa Joe
Why not?
Wonka
Because he broke the rules.
Grandpa Joe
What rules? We didn't see any rules, did we, Charlie?
[confused]
Wonka
WRONG, sir! WRONG!! Under section 37B of the contract signed by him, it states quite clearly that all offers shall become null and void IF - and you can read it for yourself in this photostatic copy! - "I, the undersigned, shall forfeit all rights, privileges, and licenses herein and herein contained," et cetera, et cetera... "Fax mentis, incendium gloria cultum," et cetera, et cetera... "Memo bis punitor delicatum!" It's ALL there; BLACK and white, clear as CRYSTAL!! You STOLE Fizzy-Lifting Drinks! You BUMPED into the ceiling, which now has to be WASHED and STERILIZED, so you get... NOTHING!!! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, SIR!
[angrily, yelling; holds up half of a document, and half a magnifying glass; slams the document and magnifying glass down; returns to work in a huff]
Grandpa Joe
You're a crook... You're a CHEAT and a SWINDLER...! THAT'S what you are!! How can you DO a thing like this; BUILD up a little boy's hopes, and then SMASH all his dreams to pieces?! YOU'RE AN INHUMAN MONSTER!!!
[shocked; furiously; lividly]
Wonka
I SAID "GOOD DAY"!!!
[cutting him off; goes on about his work in a huff]
Grandpa Joe
Come on, Charlie. Let's get out of here. I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I ever do! If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one!
[sets to leave]
Charlie
Mr. Wonka...
Wonka
So shines a good deed in a weary world." Charlie? My boy. You've won! You did it! You did it! I knew you would! I just knew you would! Oh, Charlie, forgive me for putting you through this. Please, forgive me. Come in, Mr. Wilkinson! Charlie, meet Mr. Wilkinson!
[puts his hand on the Gobstopper; looks up; smiles; The man hitherto known as Slugworth walks in.]
Wilkinson
Pleasure!
Charlie
Slugworth!
Wonka
No, no! That's not Slugworth! He works for me!
Charlie
For you?
Wonka
I had to test you, Charlie. And you passed the test! You won!
[Charlie beams brightly]
Grandpa Joe
Won what?
Wonka
The jackpot, my dear sir! The GRAND and GLORIOUS JACKPOT!
Charlie
The chocolate?
Wonka
The chocolate, yes! The chocolate, but that's just the beginning! We have to get on! We have to get on! We have so much time, and so little to do! Strike that. Reverse it. This way, please!
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A Gift of a Chocolate Factory
Wonka
How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie?
Charlie
I think it's the most wonderful place in the whole world.
Wonka
I'm very pleased to hear you say that, because I'm giving it to you.
Charlie
What?
[gasps softly in surprise]
Wonka
That's all right, isn't it?
Grandpa Joe
You're giving Charlie the...?
Wonka
I can't go on forever, and I don't really want to try. So who can I trust to run the factory when I leave and take care of the Oompa Loompas for me? Not a grown up. A grown up would wanna do everything his own way, not mine. That's why I decided a long time ago that I had to find a child, a very honest, loving child, to whom I could tell all my most precious candy-making secrets.
Charlie
And that's why you sent out the golden tickets.
Wonka
That's right. So the factory's yours, Charlie. You can move in immediately.
Grandpa Joe
And me?
Wonka
Absolutely.
Charlie
What happens to the rest...?
Wonka
The whole ]. I want you to bring them all.
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Wonka
But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.
Charlie
What happened?
Wonka
He lived happily ever after.
[smiles, and hugs Charlie again]
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A Moment of Farewell and Decision
Reverend Frank Scott
Mr. Rosen...look...the last thing she said to me was "Give this to Manny to give to our grandson from both of us". Your place is with the living. If you don't come with us, her death is meaningless. Now come on.
Manny Rosen
All right, you go first. I want to stay with her a little longer.
Reverend Frank Scott
You've got one minute.
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Discovery of the Chocolate Makers
Charlie
Grandpa, look over there across the river! They're little men!
Grandpa Joe
Jumping crocodiles, Charlie! Now we know who makes the chocolate.
Henry Salt
I never saw anybody with an orange face before. Funny-looking people, aren't they, Wonka?
Mrs. Teevee
What are they doing there?
Wonka
Must be creaming and sugaring time.
Violet
Well, they can't be real people.
Wonka
Well, of course they're real people.
Henry Salt
Stuff and nonsense!
Wonka
No. Oompa Loompas.
Group
Oompa Loompas?!
[turn around]
Wonka
From Loompaland.
Mrs. Teevee
Loompaland?! There's no such place.
Wonka
Excuse me, dear lady...
Mrs. Teevee
Mr. Wonka, I am a teacher of ].
[[geography]
Wonka
Oh, well, then you know all about it. And what a terrible country it is! Nothing but desolate wastes and fierce beasts. And the poor little Oompa Loompas were so small and helpless, they would get gobbled up right and left. A Whangdoodle would eat ten of them for breakfast and think nothing of it. And so, I said, "Come and live with me in peace and safety, away from all the Whangdoodles, and Hornswogglers, and Snozzwangers, and rotten Vermicious Knids.
Henry Salt
Snozzwangers? Vermicious Knids? What kind of rubbish is that?
Wonka
I'm sorry, but all questions must be submitted in writing. And so, in the greatest of secrecy, I transported the entire population of Oompa Loompas to my factory here.
[continues]
Veruca
Hey, Daddy, I want an Oompa Loompa. I want you to get me an Oompa Loompa right away!
Henry Salt
All right, Veruca, all right. I'll get you one before the day is out.
Veruca
I want an Oompa Loompa now!
Violet
Can it, you nit!!
[Veruca glares at Violet]
Augustus Gloop
Mmm! This stuff is terrific!
[drinking from the chocolate river]
Charlie
Grandpa, look at Augustus!
Grandpa Joe
Don't worry, he can't drink it all!
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