Chaplin (film) Quotes

Chaplin (film) is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . Chaplin completed its run in 1970.

It features Richard Attenborough, and Mario Kassar as producer, John Barry (composer) in charge of musical score, and Sven Nykvist as head of cinematography.

Chaplin (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom, and United States. Each episode of Chaplin (film) is 143 minutes long. Chaplin (film) is distributed by TriStar Pictures.

The cast includes: Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Hopkins as George Hayden, Dan Aykroyd as Mack Sennett, Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks, Penelope Ann Miller as Edna Purviance, John Thaw as Fred Karno, Matthew Cottle as Stan Laurel, Diane Lane as Paulette, Paul Rhys as Sydney Chaplin, Kevin Dunn as J. Edgar Hoover, Maria Pitillo as Mary Pickford, and David Duchovny as Rollie Totheroh.

Chaplin (film) Quotes

Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Syd, I love this country. I owe it everything. That's why I can make fun of it."

• (Ted the Drunk) "Well. Here's someone who's had a good war."
• (Unnamed) "Yeah, didn't see him in the bleedin' army."
• (Ted the Drunk) "Come to stare at the animals, Charlie?"
• (Unnamed) "Oh, go and sit down, Ted, and give your mouth a rest."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I just came in for a quiet drink. Here, have one on me."
• (Ted the Drunk) "You have one on me, Mr. Charlie f***ing Chaplin."

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I know you -- you bastard."

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film."

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Excuse me Miss, do you always eat alone?"
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "Only when I'm trying to make a new acquaintance. Actually I'm waiting for my girlfriend."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Actually I'm a motion picture director, and I'm forming a new company with Bronco Billy over there."
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "And you're looking for a new leading lady. Lucky me."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Obviously you are an actress, Miss --"
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "Purviance. Sorry, just a secretary."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Don't be sorry. I'm auditioning for actresses who aren't actresses."
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "Well, if you're on the lookout for untalented actresses who aren't actresses, then you couldn't do better than me."
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "Worse than me."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Don't you want to know who I am?"
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "I've no interest whatsoever in who you are"
• (Penelope Ann Miller) "Mr. Chaplin."

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Actress?"

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I wish they'd asked me for my money."

• (Robert Downey Jr.) "The tramp can't talk. The minute he talks, he's dead."

Kevin Dunn as J. Edgar Hoover

• (Kevin Dunn) "We're too generous. We're too open. Now if we don't watch out, if we don't take steps now, impose some new discipline, some decency, then we're in trouble, deep trouble. And I know it's not fashionable to say this. We're celebrating, everyone thinks it's okay. But democracy carries a price tag. And I just happen to think that one of the most misguided promises we ever made was inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. One that I predict will lead this country into all kinds of trouble: Give us your poor, your huddled masses -- Now we have to stop this before it goes too far. Our conception of America does not include, was never meant to include, this kind of scum."

Paul Rhys as Sydney Chaplin

• (Paul Rhys) "Charlie, you got your pants on back-to-front."

• (Paul Rhys) "Alright Sonny boy, tell your poor little brother today's problem."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Same as the day before, and the day before that and the day before that."
• (Paul Rhys) "And the day before that, and the day before that."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Alright you're so creative, you work it out. The tramp buys a flower from the girl, in order for the plot to work, she has to think he's rich. That's all, except if you're aware of it, the flower girl is blind. I don't know how to make the girl mistake the tramp for a millionaire."

• (Paul Rhys) "Nobody wants to see a movie about Adolf f***ing Hitler."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I do."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I do."

Dan Aykroyd as Mack Sennett

• (Dan Aykroyd) "Jesus."
• (David Duchovny) "You told him to change, right?"
• (Dan Aykroyd) "What is he putting on? A suit of armor?"

• (Dan Aykroyd) "Now I know this is all new to ya, but remember something, we're all new. This is not an ancient industry. This whole place here is built around speed. Start the story, start the chase. I get bored easy."
• (David Duchovny) "How much you reckon Mack? Couple yards of Mabel?"
• (Dan Aykroyd) "Hmm, yeah. Nah, make it three. But don't go thinking we sacrifice quality. I never make more than two motion pictures a week, but I'll spend up to a thousand dollars on each of 'em if I have to."

Diane Lane as Paulette

• (Diane Lane) "You know what?"
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "hum?"
• (Diane Lane) "I've always had that gift."
• (Diane Lane) "After a man makes love to me, he just goes wild from happiness."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I am happy."
• (Diane Lane) "Then tell me when you get sad, because I don't want to be around."

• (Diane Lane) "Did you lose your other wives this way?"
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "I think so. But you'd have to ask them."

Kevin Kline as Douglas Fairbanks

• (Kevin Kline) "Charles, you're a foreigner; you're still an outsider. You've never understood this country."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "It's a good country underneath, Doug."
• (Kevin Kline) "No, it's a good country on top. Underneath, that's what starts showing when we're scared."

John Thaw as Fred Karno

• (John Thaw) "You took a tail suit out of the wardrobe, tryin' to be a gent. Trying to impress that young dancer -- Hetty, wasn't that 'er name?"
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Hetty Kelly."
• (John Thaw) "Yeah, I could see in your eyes you fancied her."
• (John Thaw) "Hmm. Sad."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Yes, I know all about it, Fred. She got married. Sent me a lovely note. I brought it with me; it's in my baggage."
• (John Thaw) "Oh, Charlie, Charlie. Charlie, don't you know? Has nobody told you? She's gone. The flu epidemic after the war carried her away."
• (John Thaw) "I thought someone must have told you, must have written. Didn't nobody?"
• (Matthew Cottle) "What do we do, Charlie?"
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Smile."

Anthony Hopkins as George Hayden

• (Anthony Hopkins) "Ha ha ha ha ha. Come on Charlie stop messing about, we really have to get down to it now. I just hope our friendship survives the day, that's all."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Ha George, don't be so melodramatic."
• (Anthony Hopkins) "Well, it's your autobiography Charlie. And as your editor I have to tell you that parts of the manuscript are pretty vague, to say the least. I mean for instance, your mother. Now when did she first lose control? We need to know those facts."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "It's hard to say. She could be so wonderful, on good days --"

• (Anthony Hopkins) "But you didn't even kiss her."
• (Robert Downey Jr.) "Don't you think I know that?"

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