Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry’s most important figures.
Charlie Chaplin Quotes
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
—Charlie Chaplin
Simplicity is not a simple thing.
—Charlie Chaplin
Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.
—Charlie Chaplin
I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.
—Charlie Chaplin
I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.
—Charlie Chaplin
It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
—Charlie Chaplin
In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs.
—Charlie Chaplin
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.
—Charlie Chaplin
You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.
—Charlie Chaplin
A man’s true character comes out when he’s drunk.
—Charlie Chaplin
In the end, everything is a gag.
—Charlie Chaplin
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
—Charlie Chaplin
We think too much and feel too little.
—Charlie Chaplin
I have many problems in my life. But my lips don’t know that. They just keep smiling.
—Charlie Chaplin
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
—Charlie Chaplin