Lorre's Quotes

#1. I dare anyone to spend 10 years in the laugh-track that is Chuck Lorre's hive of oppression and not suffer some form of an emotional tsunami.

Charlie Sheen

#2. If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed.

Chuck Lorre

#3. Life is never quite like the brochure.

Chuck Lorre

#4. I'm an old guitar player who has fallen into television and is so happy he did.

Chuck Lorre

#5. I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job, I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit.

Denholm Elliott

#6. One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.

Robin Williams

#7. Love, sex, food, friendship, art, play, beauty and the simple pleasure of a cup of tea are all well and good, but never forget that God/the universe is determined to kill you by whatever means necessary.

Chuck Lorre

#8. The house came with a set of Pugs, which are sort of a cross between Peter Lorre and a bratwurst.

Becky Masterman

#9. Chuck Lorre and I had been talking about doing one of his shows for a while. I said I'd like to do 'The Big Bang Theory,' because I think it's the best written, most intelligent show on television.

Bob Newhart

#10. I won't say that all senior citizens who can't master technology should be publicly flogged, but if we made an example of one or two, it might give the others incentive to try harder.

Chuck Lorre

#11. Is my coitus whimsically inventive?

Chuck Lorre

#12. I love Chuck Lorre. I did a little guest spot on 'Roseanne' when I was fourteen. It was a whirlwind experience in a week and I think with Chuck, I had auditioned for him for a couple of other shows of his over the years.

Sara Rue

#13. What exactly does that expression mean, 'friends with benefits'? Does he provide her with health insurance?

Chuck Lorre

#14. According to the rules of comedy, your suffering will be funny after an undetermined length of time. Maybe not while you're having your gangrenous leg sawed off, watching your home burn down or learning how to be intimate with your cellmate, but, in the big scheme of things, soon.

Chuck Lorre

#15. I am wired on some deep level to seek out something to be worried and obsess about.

Chuck Lorre

#16. For every man that ever walked the Earth, except maybe the sociopaths, when it comes to talking to pretty girls ... it's just stark terror.

Chuck Lorre

#17. Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case?

Peter Lorre

#18. People who write poisonous things about your work are using up precious moments of their life dwelling on yours. These are moments they will never get back. Let that be a comfort to you.

Chuck Lorre

#19. I believe that the obsessive worship of movie, TV and sports figures is less likely to produce spiritual gain than praying to Thor.

Chuck Lorre

#20. That's a discovery process. That's the terrifying and wonderful part about getting picked up to series. You get to develop the stories and talk about the characters, and find out where the heart of the series is.

Chuck Lorre

#21. I believe I'm growing skeptical of cynicism.

Chuck Lorre

#22. I am a man of science, not someone's snuggle-bunny!

Chuck Lorre

#23. Don't forget that you are the product of a culture that went stark raving mad about ten thousand years ago. Adjust your thinking accordingly.

Chuck Lorre

#24. For the record, I do have genitals; and they are functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Chuck Lorre

#25. I know Chuck Lorre personally, and am familiar with his work going back to 'Roseanne' and 'Cybil.'

Bob Newhart

#26. I don't know who Peter Lorre is. Pathetic right? It shows you how completely gross and uncultured my generation is.

Christina Ricci

#27. It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening.

Chuck Lorre

#28. Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so incredibly happy. As I told Chuck Lorre in a Christmas card a few years ago, I'm living a version of the dream.

Jim Parsons

#29. I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad people on a fairly regular basis.

Chuck Lorre

#30. I had this job at Hollywood Video, and during my worst audition ever, I forgot all of my lines in front of Chuck Lorre at the callback for the 'Mike and Molly' pilot.

Lamorne Morris