Quotes from Charlie Chaplin

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

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.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman, and a pretty girl.

It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

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: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane

I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.

Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.

Je n'ai pas besoin d'être réconcilié avec Dieu, mon conflit est avec les hommes.

From such trivia, I believe my soul was born.

In this desperate way, I started many a comedy.

Guarda il cielo. Non troverai mai un arcobaleno se stai guardando per terra. Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows if you're looking down .

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

my lips never know my problem they just always smile

I have many problems in my life. But my lips don't know that". They just keep smiling.

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody

A day without laughing is a day wasted.

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.

we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane.