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

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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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...

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

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

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

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

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

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.

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

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 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...

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

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.

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

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

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from...

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.

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...

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...

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.

We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end...

We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end...

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert...

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert...

Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the...

Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the...

I touch my heart and feel it start to crack, I guess this is how...

I touch my heart and feel it start to crack, I guess this is how...