289 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them.

As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free.

Unless I write every day, I don't feel I deserve my dinner.

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. ... The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.

The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning!

Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice

You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world.

Simplicity of approach is always best.