Chuck Lorre

Información general

Nacimiento
18 de octubre de 1952 · Bethpage, Long Island, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Nombre de nacimiento
Charles Michael Levine
Altura
1,79 m

Biografía

Familia

Cónyuges
Niños
Padres

Marcas comerciales

Uses middle-aged characters discovering or experimenting sexuality
Uses two main characters as a double act
Characters who make fun of their own appearances
Shows usually feature a small, core cast
His shows often end abruptly to a black screen with his name displayed

Curiosidades

Writes individual vanity cards (inserted into the credits at the end of a show, identifying the production company) in stream-of-consciousness style for his Chuck Lorre Productions shows.
The name of his dog is Elmo Lorre, which he has shared with the audience on "the famous" vanity cards at the end of some of Chuck Lorre Productions episodes.
Although he was still involved in animation, he was asked to join Spümcø, which is an animation company formed by John Kricfalusi, but he was turned down, so he chose to focus on writing and creating sitcoms instead.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2009.
Chuck Lorre produced 19 songs with the most popular being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song.

Citas

I work from a deep sense of insecurity. I have the belief, and I can't shake it, that there are endless reasons to turn the channel. There are hundreds of channels and entirely other things to do besides TV. And if you make a bad television show there's no reason for the audience to come back the following week.
I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happens to bad people on a fairly regular basis.
The reason I changed my name was simple. My mother, never a fan of my father's family, had an unfortunate habit of using Levine as a stinging insult. When displeased with me, she would often say/shriek, "You know what you are? You're a Levine! A no good, rotten Levine!" So, for as far back as I can remember, every time I heard my last name I would experience acute feelings of low self-esteem. ..... My first wife was the one who suggested I change my name to remedy the situation. In fact, it was she who came up with the name Lorre, complete with the fancy spelling. I thought it sounded great. Chuck Lorre. Finally a name that did not make me squirm. It didn't occur to me that in England my new name translated into Chuck Truck. But most interestingly, I had completely forgotten that when I was around eight years old my father's business began to fail, forcing my mother to find work in a clothing store called... Lorie's. Pretty creepy, huh? Did I abandon my father's name only to unconsciously name myself after a place associated with my mother's abandonment of me? Or, even creepier, did my ex-wife somehow know all this and propose the name Lorre just to screw with me? Hmmm... I was a no good, rotten husband so I certainly had it coming.