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
You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. 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.
It seems our laws are always telling us what not to do - are always keeping us from enjoying ourselves. Human beings are made just as much for having fun as goose-stepping and sweating in factories.
Let us fight to free the world
I don't need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.
The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men, cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all.
Nothing in life is permanent, not even one's troubles.
Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite!
It isn't the ups and downs that make life difficult; it's the jerks.
This is a story of a period between two World Wars — an interim in which insanity cut loose. Liberty took a nose dive, and humanity was kicked around somewhat.
I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them.
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.
I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.