How to make people laugh. Charlie Chaplin

“Old as a world, that the audience loves the struggle between good and evil, rich and poor, lucky and loser, that she loves to laugh and cry at the same time. The contrast is of interest among the audience, and that is why I constantly use it. If, let"s say, a policeman is pursuing me, I always make him awkward and awkward, while I, gliding between his legs, seem light and swivel. If they offend me, then, as a rule, this is some kind of hefty baby, and thanks to the contrast with my little figure of the public sympathy on my side. And with the seriousness of my manners, I always try to strengthen the comicism of every similar situation.
I was probably just lucky that I am small, and it is not difficult to achieve contrast. Everyone knows that the sympathy of the crowds invariably find themselves on the side of a small, offended man. Given this sympathy for the weaker, I emphasize my weakness, lower my shoulders, make a mournful physiognomy, I go with a frightened look ... "