The summation of my character [The Tramp] is that I care about my work. I care about everything I do. If I could do something else better, I would do it, but I can`t.
[answering the bad reviews he got on his last movie, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)] If they don`t like it, they are bloody idiots. A diplomat falls in love with a prostitute - what better story can they get than that?
Naturalness is the greatest requisite of comedy. It must be real and true to life. I believe in realism absolutely. Real things appeal to the people far quicker than the grotesque. My comedy is actual life, with the slightest twist or exaggeration, you mi...