Quotes By Charlie Chaplin
Comic Actor And Filmmaker
Charlie Chaplin
Apr 16, 1889 - Dec 25, 1977
The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
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.
That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.
I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like North and South Dakota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. There, I think, are the true Americans.
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance.
Think about yourself at least once in your life. Otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection "WISDOM OF THE HEART".
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.
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