289 Quotes by Charlie Chaplin

That’s what all we are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.

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.

Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you.

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.

I don’t need interesting camera angles, I am interesting.

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

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.

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn’t Give Pain To Anybody.

I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone.