Authors by alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin)

(1889 – 1977) Usually known by his stage name of Charlie Chaplin. A British comic actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor and composer, who rose to fame in the silent era. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "The Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

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

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.

As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “Authenticity".

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.