Geraldine Chaplin

Trivia

• Geraldine was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982.
• During the 1970s Geraldine appeared in several of Robert Altman's films.
• When her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, she followed her father into the acting profession. David Lean chose her to play Tonya, the main character's devoted wife in his film Doctor Zhivago (1965).
• When Chaplin was eight years old, Geraldine appeared uncredited in her father's film Limelight.
• She is fluent in French & Spanish.
• Geraldine Leigh Chaplin is a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-nominated actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.

Quotes

• "Daddy has never seen anything I`ve done, but he is the best critic I have. He has taught me how to tear down a character. `Slug your guts out` is his philosophy of acting. Never mind the talent, just work hard."
• "Although I went all over the world promoting it, I`d never got to see more than the credits before being whisked away. Finally, at Cannes, I was to sit through the whole thing through. When I appeared for the first time, I fainted from the shock - and woke up in the ladies room."
• "I thought it`d be easy to get into the movies as Charlie Chaplin`s daughter. And I suppose it was. Except I wasn`t much good as an actress - really terrible at the beginning."
• "Daddy has never seen anything I've done, but he is the best critic I have. He has taught me how to tear down a character. "Slug your guts out" is his philosophy of acting. Never mind the talent, just work hard."
• "I thought it'd be easy to get into the movies as Charles Chaplin's daughter. And I suppose it was. Except I wasn't much good as an actress - really terrible at the beginning."
• "Although I went all over the world promoting it, I'd never got to see more than the credits before being whisked away. Finally, at Cannes, I was to sit through the whole thing. When I appeared for the first time, I fainted from the shock - and woke up in the ladies room."
• "When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure."
• "It's the change of rhythm which I think is what keeps me alive. In Spain I hear so much noise from my window that can't stand it. In Switzerland it's the lack of noise that drives me crazy."
• "I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it."
• "Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape?"