Chaplin (1992)

Paul Rhys: Sydney Chaplin

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Quotes 

• Charlie Chaplin : What's the matter, Syd? For 10 years, you've been on at me to make me a talkie. Now I'm making a talkie.

  Sydney Chaplin : Yeah, but not this.

  Charlie Chaplin : I know this man. We're born the same year, four days apart. He's like me, capable of anything.

  Sydney Chaplin : Nobody - wants to see a movie about Adolf fucking Hitler!

  Charlie Chaplin : [shouts]  I do!

  [with one hand throws a chair down the aisle] 

• Sydney Chaplin : [Charlie is playing the violin]  Alright Sonny boy, tell your poor little brother today's problem.

  Charlie Chaplin : Same as the day before, and the day before that and the day before that.

  Sydney Chaplin : And the day before that, and the day before that.

  Charlie Chaplin : 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.

• Sydney Chaplin : Who the hell is gonna pay to see you, when everybody else has gone over to sound?

  Charlie Chaplin : Who? I'll tell you who. The Japanese, for one thing, and the Russkies for another. And anyone else who doesn't happen to speak English. Or have you forgotten about the other nine-tenths of the globe?

• Sydney Chaplin : Charlie, you got your pants on back-to-front.

• Sydney Chaplin : Don't let me down.

  Charlie Chaplin : I'll be great, Syd.

  Sydney Chaplin : You don't have to be great. Just shut up and be funny.

• Fred Karno : What about this young brother of yours?

  Sydney Chaplin : Well, you know, he's been legit up to now, Mr. Karno. But he sings and he dances a treat.

  Fred Karno : Sydney. Sydney, I've got song and dance men like you coming out of me ears. I need comics.

  Sydney Chaplin : Yeah, well, his slapstick is fantastic. You know, he's got the knack.