Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

About Charlie Chaplin:

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin 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.
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Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.

Charlie Chaplin

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Charlie Chaplin

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Charlie Chaplin

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Charlie Chaplin

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Charlie Chaplin

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Charlie Chaplin

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Charlie Chaplin

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Charlie Chaplin

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.

Charlie Chaplin

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Charlie Chaplin

In the end, everything is a gag.

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

Charlie Chaplin

We think too much and feel too little.

Charlie Chaplin

Author Bio

  • NameCharlie Chaplin
  • DescriptionBritish comic actor and filmmaker
  • AliasesCharles Spencer Chaplin; Charles Spencer Chaplin "shorty"; Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
  • BornApril 16, 1889
  • DiedDecember 25, 1977
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Composer; Film Actor; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Comedian; Film Editor; Actor; Writer; Autobiographer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Legion Of Honour; Kinema Junpo Award; Academy Honorary Award; Bodil Awards; ; World Peace Council Prizes; Golden Lion; Jussi Award; British Academy Film Awards; Erasmus Prize; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Academy Award For Best Original Score