Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.
Why should poetry have to make sense?
What can stars do? Nothing..But sit on their axis!
I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings, a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.
The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.
Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone
I am not religious in the dogmatic sense... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.
I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears.
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
Don't be afraid of the unknown because, even when they wander into chaos, planets are born stars!
To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress.
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon.
So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!
Beauty is an omnipresence of death and loveliness, a smiling sadness that we discern in nature and all things, a mystic communion that the poet feels.
Nothing is more important than the moving image; except for my cup of coffee in the morning.
One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero.
What a sad business is being funny!
Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you.
The people are applauding you because none of them understands you and applauding me because everybody understands me.
Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.
Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics.
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