Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBEwas an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 April 1889
CityWalworth, England
I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.
Let us fight to free the world
I don't need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.
Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it 'maturity'.
During my incarceration Mother visited me. She had in some way managed to leave the workhouse and was making an effort to establish a home for us. Her presence was like a bouquet of flowers; she looked so fresh and lovely that I felt ashamed of my unkempt appearance and my shaved iodined head.'You must excuse his dirty face,' said the nurse.Mother laughed, and how well I remember her endearing words as she hugged and kissed me: 'With all thy dirt I love thee still.
I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them.
So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!
Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up.
I like friends as I like music - when I am in the mood.
I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism — and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution — I just want to create a few more films.
Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite!
It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.
What a sad business is being funny!