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| A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. | | Adventure | |
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| All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. | | Comedy | |
| All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman. | | Men and Women | |
| Billions of years itīs taken to evolve human conciousness and you want to wipe it out. Wipe out the miracle of all existence. | | Life | |
| Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. | | Failure | |
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| 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. | | Uncategorized | |
| I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. | | Uncategorized | |
| 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. | | Uncategorized | |
| I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President. | | Uncategorized | |
| I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. | | Politicians | |
| I think people have heard the name [Garbo], but I'm not sure that a lot of people out there know and appreciate what she meant as an actress, ... I love that her intelligence is very attractive. It's not just her face, which is gorgeous. It's that she's attractive in a much fuller way than that. | | Uncategorized | |
| I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. | | Uncategorized | |
| I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth. | | Uncategorized | |
| In the end, everything is a gag. | | Ending | |
| It seems our laws are always telling us what not to do - are always keeping us from enjoying ourselves. Human beings are made just as much for having fun as goose-stepping and sweating in factories. | | Uncategorized | |
| Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. | | Laughter; Pain | |
| Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. | | Life | |
