Charlie Chaplin

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

Charlie Chaplin

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

Charlie Chaplin

Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics,

Charlie Chaplin

My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.

Charlie Chaplin

Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film.

Charlie Chaplin

Soldiers! In the name of democracy, let us all unite!

Charlie Chaplin

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.

Charlie Chaplin

The glamour of it all! New York! America!

Charlie Chaplin

The heart and the mind … what an enigma.

Charlie Chaplin

The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.

Charlie Chaplin