Jeg er og bliver kun én ting, og det er en klovn. Det placerer mig på et langt højere plan end nogen politiker.
Jeg ville ikke tage tilbage til America selv hvis Jesus Christ var præsident.
Livet er en tragedie på tæt hold, men en komedie på lang afstand.
Min kone er stadig lige smuk. Men det varer noget længere tid nu.
Publikum elsker lige så meget at græde som at le.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
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.
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.
I wouldn't go back to America if Jesus Christ was President.
In the end, everything is a gag.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.