--- title: "1 Oompa Loompa Quotes By John August" description: "1 Oompa Loompa quotes by John August. Plus more from John August and more Oompa Loompa sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg" --- > [For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much more as you need, so that it all makes sense." I was like, "Okay!" And then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he-came-to-me-and-said-i-want/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg) ## More by John August > [Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an article about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/most-times-a-person-grows-up-gradually-but-i-found-myself-in-a-hurry/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I knew that Weird Girl was going to be kind of amazing. The secret truth of Weird Girl is that I put her in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-knew-that-weird-girl-was-going-to-be-kind-of-amazing-the-secret/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [Every once in awhile, Allison Abbate would drop a note and say, "It's going really well!," and I was like, "Great!" So, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/every-once-in-awhile-allison-abbate-would-drop-a-note-and-say-it-s/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [You know something has really stuck in Tim's head when he's drawn what the character looks like. Weird Girl and Elsa actually switched places,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/you-know-something-has-really-stuck-in-tim-s-head-when-he-s-drawn/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [ Preacher is a great frustration because I thought it was done, and then it got put in the press notes for the \[Frankenweenie\] junket… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/preacher-is-a-great-frustration-because-i-thought-it-was-done-and/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he-came-to-me-and-said-i-want/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I often say that a lot of my job, as a screenwriter, is sort of being a stock picker, in that I need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-often-say-that-a-lot-of-my-job-as-a-screenwriter-is-sort-of-being-a/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I counted it up once. I think I have written 45 full screenplays. Of those, maybe 15 have been shot, in some form. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-counted-it-up-once-i-think-i-have-written-45-full-screenplays-of/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting, which you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-convinced-tim-to-add-one-song-and-then-we-added-five-we-changed-a/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/now-it-s-common-knowledge-that-most-towns-of-a-certain-size-have-a/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [Frankenweenie is also about mortality, but at a very different stage. It's losing a parent versus losing a dog. I don't run away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/frankenweenie-is-also-about-mortality-but-at-a-very-different-stage/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [ Josh \[Friedman\] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/josh-friedman-and-i-have-been-friends-for-years-and-he-said-hey-if/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I knew that this was the movie in which a lot of the cinema version of Burton-esque first started. So, I knew that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-knew-that-this-was-the-movie-in-which-a-lot-of-the-cinema-version/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [With Corpse Bride, I saw a lot more of it during the process because we were changing things a lot. When I came onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/with-corpse-bride-i-saw-a-lot-more-of-it-during-the-process-because/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) > [I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/i-ve-always-written-towards-movies-that-take-place-across-two-worlds/) [John August](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-august/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oompa-loompa/john-august/#itemlist", "name": "1 Oompa Loompa Quotes By John August", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, \"I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much more as you need, so that it all makes sense.\" I was like, \"Okay!\" And then, I would pitch back to him my love for Charlie Bucket's family and how lucky Charlie was, and that I felt so bad for Willy Wonka, shut up in his factory, all alone with these crazy Oompa Loompas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John August" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-august/for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he-came-to-me-and-said-i-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, \"I want to do everything that's in the book…” — John August", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oompa-loompa/john-august/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oompa-loompa/john-august/", "name": "Oompa Loompa Quotes by John August", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oompa-loompa/john-august/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/john-august-24608_all-alone_for-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-he_495320.jpg" }, "description": "1 Oompa Loompa quotes by John August. 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