Charlie Chaplin
Quotes from Charlie Chaplin, famous silent film star, writer, director and producer, best known for his portrayal of 'the Little Tramp'
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin on his political views
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.—in response to a journalist for comments on United States Attorney-General’s announcement to revoke his re-entry visa, September 23, 1952, Cherbourg, England (quoted from “Mr. Chaplin’s Defence,” Guardian)
Charlie Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin on the future of mankind
I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table… I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first. (In response to journalist for his views on the future of mankind at his 70th birthday)
Charlie Chaplin | Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing …
Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jelly fish.
Limelight (Calvero’s answer to Terry’s question: “What is there to fight for?")
Charlie Chaplin | Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism.
Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them. Secondly, I was opposed to the Committee on Un-American Activities— a dishonest phrase to begin with, elastic enough to wrap around the throat and strangle the voice of any American citizen whose honest opinion is a minority of one.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Charlie Chaplin | The saddest thing I can imagine is …
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
Charlie Chaplin | That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is …
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.
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Charlie Chaplin | Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but …
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot
Charlie Chaplin | In the end …
In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie Chaplin | Laughter is the tonic …
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Charlie Chaplin | I thought I would dress in baggy pants
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.
Charlie Chaplin | I remain just one thing
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 had no idea of the character
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.
Charlie Chaplin | I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants
I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
Charlie Chaplin | All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and …
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 | Actors search for rejection
Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.
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