Quotes By Charlie Chaplin

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

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

Why should poetry have to make sense?

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

In the end, everything is a gag.

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

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.

We think too much and feel too little.

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

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.

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.