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
We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane.
Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody
Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh.
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane
The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.
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.