Amateurs Hope. Professional Work.

As Is The Case With All Original Creators, Charles Chaplin's Working Life Was An Amalgam Of Arrogant Self-confidence And Deflating Self-doubt.

In A Professional Once Engaged, The Performance Of The Job Comes First.

Amateur Feed On Hope. Professionals Work.

So It Can Be Seen That The Trouble With The Motion Picture Art Was (and Is) That It Is Too Much An Industry; And The Trouble With The Motion Picture Industry Is That It Is Too Much An Art. It Is Out Of This Basic Contradiction That Most Of The Ills Of The Form Arise.

The Use Of Talent Is Far More Important Than The Possession Of Talent.