“My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.”

Our tragedies are only as big as we make them.

My tramp is made up of mimicry.

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

The desire for peace is universal.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease from pain.

I’m unconscious while I’m acting. I live the role and am not myself.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

In all truth there is the seed of falsehood.

That is all there is in life – beauty. You find that and you have found everything.

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

By simple common sense I don’t believe in God, in none.

In the end, everything is a gag.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

How can he be perfect? Everything he ever makes, dies.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it.

If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

Never be bored, and you will never be boring.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.

To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.