I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

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.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.

Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.

Your Pain May Give Laugh To Somebody But Your Laugh Shouldn't Give Pain To Anybody

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness - not by each other's misery.