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 remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
The glamour of it all! New York! America!
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
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.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
In the end, everything is a gag.
I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
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.
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
I have Many Problems in My Life. But my leaps don`t know that. They always smile
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.
I am for people. I can't help it.