Charlie Chaplin/filmmaking

Famous quotes containing the words charlie chaplin, charlie, chaplin and/or filmmaking:

    “I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.”
    —Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)

    “Don’t pay any attention to Ah Ling. He has a mania for quoting Confucius. And Charlie Chan.”
    —Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Mrs. Houghland, Murder by Television, reassuring her friends after the houseboy has pointed out a sign of ill omen (1935)

    “What a sad business, being funny.”
    —Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)

    “As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless—and absolutely essential.”
    —William Goldman (b. 1931)