Charlie Chaplin

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. ”

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. ”

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

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. ”

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

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. ”

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born. ”