“I am coming to conquer you. Every man, woman and child shall have my name on their lips: Charles Spencer Chaplin!”
Many of us are probably too young to remember Charlie Chaplin, who is regarded as the father of comedy. Those who do remember, have come to laugh or cry at the sheer genius of his black and white, silent movies.
Charlie Chaplin’s impressive career spanning over 75 years is a rags to riches tale, starting with a tough childhood spent in severe poverty and hardship. “I was hardly aware of a crisis because we lived in a continual crisis; and, being a boy, I dismissed our troubles with gracious forgetfulness.” Charlie Chaplin spoke of being abandoned by his father, losing his mother to mental health and an early death, ultimately going to a child labour home. These challenges did not stop Charlie Chaplin as he went on from the theatre stage to the new technology of its time a “motion picture” to becoming a legend of his era. The Charlie Chaplin Success Story is majorly unsung.
Today I wish to share with you some insight to The Charlie Chaplin Success Story. Here are 3 things which made him an Icon:
Massive Talent:
From boyhood, Charlie Chaplin watched and imitated people walking past his mothers window front where she sewed for a living. He had his first role at 5 years old but really started acting at age 13 and did not quit. Not only did he work on stage and motion pictures, he also acted, produced, directed, wrote music and was a published author. Silent movies were an art form used to create high emotion and communication without any vocal audio whatsoever. In his later years Charlie Chaplin did produce movies with dialogue roles in them further pushing on his talents.
Extraordinary Hard Work:
“I (was) news vendor, printer, toymaker, doctor’s boy, etc., but during these occupational digressions, I never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor,” Chaplin later recalled. “So, between jobs I would polish my shoes, brush my clothes, put on a clean collar and make periodic calls at a theatrical agency.”
Without discounting the fact that he worked 75 years of the 88 he lived, speaks volumes. In a time when movies were shot in one take, because of Charlie Chaplin’s commitment to world class quality and standards he would shoot more than 3 takes. Furthermore he would spend countless hours thinking, planning and shooting his movies. Charlie Chaplin had a relentless work ethic. He would sometimes shut down production just to rethink the entire production. In todays movie industry that would be unthinkable due to huge costs and losses but because his reputation was at stake and because he owned his work, he did.
The harder I work, the luckier I get:
Its not that the most talented or gifted person succeeds, it is the one who sweats daily in the direction of his or her goals who does. Charlie Chaplin started young, worked hard and pushed the envelope at his craft and his personal life. He broke the rules and chased boundaries others were comfortable at. He took to the new technologies like a duck to water, embracing their potential, not fearing them. Some may call it a lucky break but after 75 years who can argue, Charlie Chaplin created his own luck, embracing his goal; “I am coming to conquer you. Every man, woman and child shall have my name on their lips: Charles Spencer Chaplin!”
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