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 the 17th Chapter of St. Luke it is written: "the Kingdom of God is within man" - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. ... Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all mens happiness.
Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice
Simplicity of approach is always best.
I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.
Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8.
I am not religious in the dogmatic sense ... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
What a sad business is being funny!
I am known in parts of the world by people who have never heard of Jesus Christ.
You are only as good as the woman you are standing beside.
If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.
Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film.
Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.
Nothing is more important than the moving image; except for my cup of coffee in the morning.