Charlie Chaplin/filmmaking

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    Brunettes are troublemakers. They’re worse than the Jews.
    Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)

    We [actors] are indeed a strange lot! There are times we doubt that we have any emotions we can honestly call our own. I have approached every dynamic scene change in my life the same way. When I married Charlie MacArthur, I sat down and wondered how I could play the best wife that ever was.... My love for him was the truest thing in my life; but it was still important that I love him with proper effect, that I act loving him with great style, that I achieve the ultimate in wifedom.
    Helen Hayes (1900–1993)

    The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.
    —Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)

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