Top 10 Charlie Chaplin Quotes

The Top Ten
1 “Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”

Easily his most inspiring quote.

2 “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
3 “We think too much and feel too little.”
4 “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.”
5 “A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.”
6 “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
7 “The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.”
8 “I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.”
9 “Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.”
10 “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.”
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