Top 25 Quotes by Charlie Brooker of 112 - Page 5

[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a

[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a nuclear war and he drops his glasses. To this day, you can show that to anyone and they'll go "Bwrrrrrrrr!" You know, sort of wander away shuddering.

Charlie Brooker

War, Glasses, House

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

I was more aware initially of shows like Tales of the Unexpected. And the BBC used to put on a lot of one-off, bizarre television plays.

Charlie Brooker

Play, Television, Unexpected

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

I'll just immediately automatically, without even thinking, check my phone. And it feels like the same little bit of my brain is being - the synapses are lighting up when I do that.

Charlie Brooker

Thinking, Phones, Brain

Source: www.npr.org

Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.

Charlie Brooker

Ideas, Laughing, What If

"The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

My continuum? Blimey! For me,Black Mirror is all part of the whole.

Charlie Brooker

Mirrors, Black, Continuum

I'm more pro-technology than people probably realize.

Charlie Brooker

Technology, People, Realizing

Source: www.motherjones.com

I'm quite geeky and I'm very much into video games and technology and stuff like that.

Charlie Brooker

Technology, Games, Video

Source: www.motherjones.com

I'm a worrier. In the UK, if I'm known for anything, it's sort of for being cynical.

Charlie Brooker

Cynical, Known, Ifs

Source: www.motherjones.com

I mean, sometimes we do do that, The National Anthem was a caustic satire and sometimes that's the way to go with the story rather than me being particularly misanthropic.

Charlie Brooker

Mean, Stories, Way

Source: www.denofgeek.com

Most of the books I read these days are children's books at bedtime.

Charlie Brooker

Children, Book, Bedtime

Source: www.motherjones.com

Technology is a global thing and wherever you go, people are prodding the same devices and worrying in the same way and have had their lives slightly altered in the same way.

Charlie Brooker

Technology, People, Worry

Source: www.denofgeek.com