Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
As quoted in his obituary, The Guardian (December 28, 1977)
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Charlie Chaplin quotes
1889-1977 ยท Artists and entertainers
English comic actor and filmmaker, creator of the Tramp.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Chaplin said or wrote them.
I am for people. I can't help it.
As quoted in The Observer (September 28, 1952)
Look up to the sky. You'll never find rainbows If you're looking down.
Swing Little Girl, song written for the 1969 re-release of The Circus
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
My Autobiography (1964), ch. 10