I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.
Source: Quoted in: Cinema: Art and Industry, ch. 10 (1976).
-- Charlie Chaplin, (Apr 16 1889-1977), English actor, director, composer; He is considered the greatest comic actor of silent movies, e.g., The Kid, 1920 and The Gold Rush, 1924.