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title: "16 Black Mirror Quotes By Charlie Brooker"
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> [With 'Hang the DJ,' I was concerned that it was more comedic and much lighter than we normally do for 'Black Mirror.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/with-hang-the-dj-i-was-concerned-that-it-was-more-comedic-and-much/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [ Obviously, you try not to repeat yourself so that forces you to re-evaluate what you're doing constantly \[in Black Mirror\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/obviously-you-try-not-to-repeat-yourself-so-that-forces-you-to-re/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [My continuum? Blimey! For me,Black Mirror is all part of the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/my-continuum-blimey-for-me-black-mirror-is-all-part-of-the-whole/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [ I'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories \[Black Mirror\], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-m-trying-to-think-overall-some-of-our-stories-black-mirror-i-think/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [I like technology, but 'Black Mirror' is more what the consequences are, and it doesn't tend to be about technology itself: it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-like-technology-but-black-mirror-is-more-what-the-consequences-are/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [ As long as we've still got crazy "what if" ideas, we can continue \[Black Mirror\]. It's outpacing reality that's probably the challenge. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/as-long-as-we-ve-still-got-crazy-what-if-ideas-we-can-continue-black/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [I would say the thing you can still see in Black Mirror is that I was probably traumatized by the specter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-would-say-the-thing-you-can-still-see-in-black-mirror-is-that-i-was/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [On 'Black Mirror,' we don't tend to deal with big, powerful people, because when you look at a Weinstein or something, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-black-mirror-we-don-t-tend-to-deal-with-big-powerful-people/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [What we were also trying to do is vary the tone slightly across the season of Black Mirror, because there are six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-we-were-also-trying-to-do-is-vary-the-tone-slightly-across-the/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [ \[Black Mirror\] is always about unforeseen consequences and unforeseen problems, it's not usually that someone's created a machine that they want to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/black-mirror-is-always-about-unforeseen-consequences-and-unforeseen/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [I think overseas viewers assume that Black Mirror is written by the Unabomber, essentially - a Ludd­ite, technology-hating, angry old man waving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-think-overseas-viewers-assume-that-black-mirror-is-written-by-the/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [ Overall, looking at the stories \[Black Mirror\], almost every story we've ever done is concerned with authenticity or reality in some way. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/overall-looking-at-the-stories-black-mirror-almost-every-story-we-ve/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [A sort of angry populism here in the UK and across Europe, a sort of anti-political mood and what then steps into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/a-sort-of-angry-populism-here-in-the-uk-and-across-europe-a-sort-of/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [What are people going to expect when they sit down to watch a new episode of Black Mirror? And what you're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-are-people-going-to-expect-when-they-sit-down-to-watch-a-new/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [I kept saying I want to do an episode that's set in the past, how do we do a period episode of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-kept-saying-i-want-to-do-an-episode-that-s-set-in-the-past-how-do/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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> [God, people say 'Black Mirror' was horrible - it's nothing compared to the stuff that happens in 'Grimms' Fairy Tales.' It's mind-bending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/god-people-say-black-mirror-was-horrible-it-s-nothing-compared-to-the/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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## More by Charlie Brooker

> [People bemoan the loss of watercooler chat, but I think that there's more of that than ever. It's just that it's online.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/people-bemoan-the-loss-of-watercooler-chat-but-i-think-that-there-s/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [ On the other hand \[making a string of one-off episodes\], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every week. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/on-the-other-hand-making-a-string-of-one-off-episodes-there-s-a-real/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [“Don't vajazzle our memories”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/don-t-vajazzle-our-memories/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/what-i-disliked-most-about-working-as-a-shop-assistant-wasn-t-the/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-think-the-problem-we-have-as-apes-is-we-re-asking-far-bigger/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I've instinctively hated the Tories since birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-ve-instinctively-hated-the-tories-since-birth/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/in-the-age-of-social-media-everyone-s-a-newspaper-columnist/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/women-why-aren-t-you-running-the-world-yet-frankly-i-m-disappointed/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I loved 'Get Out.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-loved-get-out/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I'm more pro-technology than people probably realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-m-more-pro-technology-than-people-probably-realize/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-ve-got-characters-in-the-uk-like-boris-johnson-who-s-kind-of-like/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/the-internet-s-perfect-for-all-manner-of-things-but-productive/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [At the other end of the spectrum, George Gideon Oliver King Rameses Osborne, the fourteen-year-old novelty Chancellor and future baronet of Ballentaylor and Ballylemon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/at-the-other-end-of-the-spectrum-george-gideon-oliver-king-rameses/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [We take things that would have struck us as miraculous five years ago for granted. Like Pokémon Go would have been insane, and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/we-take-things-that-would-have-struck-us-as-miraculous-five-years-ago/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

> [I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/i-used-to-draw-comics-a-lot-i-was-obsessed-with-the-young-ones-and/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

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