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 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.
I hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.
In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs
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!
The Kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
Why should poetry have to make sense?
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
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.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.
They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you because no one understands you.