I am for people. I can't help it.

Had I known of the actual horrors of the German concentration camps, I could not have made The Great Dictator, I could not have made fun of the homicidal insanity of the Nazis.

Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

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.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.

My technique is the outcome of thinking for myself, of my own logic and approach; it is not borrowed from what others are doing.