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
In this book I do not intend to give a blow-by-blow description of a sex bout: I find them inartistic, clinical and unpoetic. The circumstances that lead up to sex I find more interesting.
When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.
Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked.
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
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.
It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.
I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone.
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.
The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.
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'.
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.