Everyone seems to have this awareness of Charlie Chaplin because he was a really good businessman while Buster Keaton wasn't.
There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse.
Every community has its stars, and in the community of Hillel in the former Soviet Union, Chaplin was definitely a star, ... Everybody knew him.
I grew up and I was weaned on the Marx Brothers. They were sort of my all-time favorite. My parents showed me their movies when I was very young. And as I got older, I became a Charlie Chaplin fan, and I love Buster Keaton.
I would say that Pixar is doing for animation what Chaplin did for film, infusing it with heart and characters that you care about and stories that you lose yourself in. They are similar revolutionaries and changing a medium.
Chaplin is no businessman
Chaplin is no business man - all he knows is that he can't take anything less.
I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.
I watched every single Charlie Chaplin film.
When you see Charlie Chaplin, he stays funny. He doesn't become drama, and so what really seems to endure is comedy.