I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.

Quote by Charlie Chaplin

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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...

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

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

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.

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...

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

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.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

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....

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...

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

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

We think too much and feel too little.

We think too much and feel too little.

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

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

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Why should poetry have to make sense?

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

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...

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

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

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!