Charlie Chaplin

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

Featured quote“We think too much and feel too little.”Charlie Chaplin

Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” Charlie Chaplin

Knowledge Laugh Wisdom Fun Day Wasted

“A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.” Charlie Chaplin

Character Funny Man Drunk

“A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.” Charlie Chaplin

“Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.” Charlie Chaplin

“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.” Charlie Chaplin

“ All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.” Charlie Chaplin

“Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.” Charlie Chaplin

“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.” Charlie Chaplin

“Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.” Charlie Chaplin

“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.” Charlie Chaplin

Failure Fool Important

“I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.” Charlie Chaplin

“I am for people. I can't help it.” Charlie Chaplin

“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.” Charlie Chaplin

Beauty Patience

“I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.” Charlie Chaplin

Career Care Lie

“I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.” Charlie Chaplin

Character Clothes Feel Time

“I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.” Charlie Chaplin

“I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.” Charlie Chaplin

“I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.” Charlie Chaplin

“I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.” Charlie Chaplin

“I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.” Charlie Chaplin

“I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.” Charlie Chaplin

“In the end, everything is a gag.” Charlie Chaplin

“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” Charlie Chaplin

“Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.” Charlie Chaplin

“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” Charlie Chaplin

Comedy Life Wisdom Tragedy

“Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.” Charlie Chaplin

“Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.” Charlie Chaplin

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.” Charlie Chaplin

“Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.” Charlie Chaplin

“That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.” Charlie Chaplin