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
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.
Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.
Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.
In the end, everything is a gag.
I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
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.
To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
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".
my lips never know my problem they just always smile
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.
Don't be afraid of the unknown because, even when they wander into chaos, planets are born stars!