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

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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

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

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I'd sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It...

We think too much and feel too little.

We think too much and feel too little.

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

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

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

In the end, everything is a gag.

In the end, everything is a gag.

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving...

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained...

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'.

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

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

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it....

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

I am for people. I can't help it.I am for people. I can't help it.

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.