--- title: "Best Charley Boorman Sayings" description: "Charley Boorman is an English television presenter, travel writer and actor who has made four long‑distance motorcycle rides with friend Ewan McGregor." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-charley-boorman-5806.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-charley-boorman-5806.jpg) # Charley Boorman (1966) Actor **100** quotes in **356** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Charley Boorman is an actor. ## Quick Facts About Charley Boorman Born August 23, 1966 Profession Actor ## About Charley Boorman Charley Boorman is an English television presenter, travel writer and actor who has made four long‑distance motorcycle rides with friend Ewan McGregor. The rides were documented in the series Long Way Round (2004), Long Way Down (2007), Long Way Up (2020) and Long Way Home (2025). ## Quotes by Charley Boorman · Page 3 > [People warned us off lots of countries. Someone would say, for instance, 'Stay away from Sudan. It's full of thieves.' And we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/people-warned-us-off-lots-of-countries-someone-would-say-for-instance/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Patriotism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patriotism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/charley-boorman-5806_patriotism_people-warned-us-off-lots-of-countries-s_340591.jpg) > [I always think that a bit sad - that people think their wives would stop them doing what they wanted to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-always-think-that-a-bit-sad-that-people-think-their-wives-would/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/404/charley-boorman-5806_always_i-always-think-that-a-bit-sad-that-peopl_812049.jpg) > [Africa can make people see things differently, and they realise the world is not as dangerous as people think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/africa-can-make-people-see-things-differently-and-they-realise-the/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Africa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/africa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a8/charley-boorman-5806_dangerous_africa-can-make-people-see-things-differ_1419586.jpg) > [I'd agree to a film because it sounded like it was going to be filmed in a nice place and only afterwards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-d-agree-to-a-film-because-it-sounded-like-it-was-going-to-be-filmed/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/charley-boorman-5806_cinema_i-d-agree-to-a-film-because-it-sounded-l_2609716.jpg) > [We discovered that often it was better to sleep in a nice familiar tent than to go off and look for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/we-discovered-that-often-it-was-better-to-sleep-in-a-nice-familiar/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/charley-boorman-5806_better_we-discovered-that-often-it-was-better-t_521288.jpg) > [I grew up in Wicklow, near Roundwood. It's a beautiful place on the east coast. That's where I started riding bikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-grew-up-in-wicklow-near-roundwood-it-s-a-beautiful-place-on-the/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/charley-boorman-5806_beautiful_i-grew-up-in-wicklow-near-roundwood-it-s_2599163.jpg) > [The fundamental thing for anybody, any relationship or any expedition or anything is communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/the-fundamental-thing-for-anybody-any-relationship-or-any-expedition/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/charley-boorman-5806_adventure_the-fundamental-thing-for-anybody-any-re_508526.jpg) > [Long Way Round' was the first time Ewan and I had done anything like that. We went through Mongolia and Siberia and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/long-way-round-was-the-first-time-ewan-and-i-had-done-anything-like/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/charley-boorman-5806_first-time_long-way-round-was-the-first-time-ewan-a_2549579.jpg) > [If you say to people, 'I'm off to Papa New Guinea,' you'll often get a bad reaction - usually from people who've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/if-you-say-to-people-i-m-off-to-papa-new-guinea-you-ll-often-get-a/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/charley-boorman-5806_faith_if-you-say-to-people-i-m-off-to-papa-new_2145303.jpg) > [Get on to social media and ask questions about the areas you're going to. You'll be surprised at the amount of responses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/get-on-to-social-media-and-ask-questions-about-the-areas-you-re-going/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Amazing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amazing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/charley-boorman-5806_amazing_get-on-to-social-media-and-ask-questions_2265505.jpg) > [Mongolia was unbelievable. Great parts of it are completely untouched by modern development, but the roads, when you could even call them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/mongolia-was-unbelievable-great-parts-of-it-are-completely-untouched/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80b/charley-boorman-5806_find_mongolia-was-unbelievable-great-parts-of_3087263.jpg) > [I was a child actor in 'Deliverance,' but not the banjo player. It was my dad's big movie as a director, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-was-a-child-actor-in-deliverance-but-not-the-banjo-player-it-was-my/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Big movie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-movie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/charley-boorman-5806_big-movie_i-was-a-child-actor-in-deliverance-but-n_433831.jpg) > [In places such as Kazakhstan and Mongolia people depend on each other a lot more. We can often be quite detached in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/in-places-such-as-kazakhstan-and-mongolia-people-depend-on-each-other/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Help](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/help/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/charley-boorman-5806_help_in-places-such-as-kazakhstan-and-mongoli_1320108.jpg) > [I had a wife and children. I was mostly working in painting and decorating and then taking the occasional acting job as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-had-a-wife-and-children-i-was-mostly-working-in-painting-and/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/charley-boorman-5806_acting_i-had-a-wife-and-children-i-was-mostly-w_474520.jpg) > [I have a reading problem and it's hard for me to read books. But I had no problem with the 'Emerald Forest'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-have-a-reading-problem-and-it-s-hard-for-me-to-read-books-but-i-had/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/charley-boorman-5806_books_i-have-a-reading-problem-and-it-s-hard-f_2124061.jpg) > [I lost my sister Telsche to ovarian cancer in 1997 and my grandparents on my mother's side both had cancer but well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-lost-my-sister-telsche-to-ovarian-cancer-in-1997-and-my/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Cancer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cancer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/charley-boorman-5806_cancer_i-lost-my-sister-telsche-to-ovarian-canc_2173557.jpg) > [I broke both legs, which is why I ended up lying in bed for three months. It was six months before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-broke-both-legs-which-is-why-i-ended-up-lying-in-bed-for-three/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Broke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/charley-boorman-5806_legs_i-broke-both-legs-which-is-why-i-ended-u_1965050.jpg) > [I have a permanent moustache so I can be a 'Movator:' I take random telephone numbers and ring people up and 'movate'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/i-have-a-permanent-moustache-so-i-can-be-a-movator-i-take-random/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Grow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/charley-boorman-5806_grow_i-have-a-permanent-moustache-so-i-can-be_101591.jpg) > [Often dyslexic kids will excel in being a little bit mischievous or tying to find attention in other ways because they're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/often-dyslexic-kids-will-excel-in-being-a-little-bit-mischievous-or/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/charley-boorman-5806_attention_often-dyslexic-kids-will-excel-in-being_3139330.jpg) > [The thing about Mongolia is that it's incredibly difficult to grow vegetables there, so mostly we ate muttony stews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-boorman/the-thing-about-mongolia-is-that-it-s-incredibly-difficult-to-grow/) [Charley Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/charley-boorman-5806_about_the-thing-about-mongolia-is-that-it-s-in_218088.jpg) ## Charley Boorman by topic [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/charley-boorman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-boorman/#itemlist", "name": "Charley Boorman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People warned us off lots of countries. 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