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

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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

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

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

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

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...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much...

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.

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

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

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

We might as well die as to go on living like this.

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

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

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is...

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 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 at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

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.

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

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

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...

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby...