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
Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors.
Simplicity is not a simple thing.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage, imagination ... and a little dough
In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.
That's what all we are: amateurs. We don't live long enough to be anything else.
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.