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that he was a believer in no system of politics, had never voted, and was a member of no political party; that his ideology consisted of a defense of "the little man — his right to have a roof over his head and to work and raise a family." This interview with seventy-four reporters and photographers, was recorded and later broadcast. As Variety reported: 'Tress 'wolves' yap at Chaplin's politics, but get little of his hide."
Hollywood and theatrical people have long felt that Chaplin's interest in "isms" is a pose to be classed with his once-publicized desire to play Hamlet. To a friend Chaplin said, not long ago, that he subscribed to no "ism," that if he could be labeled at all it would be as a "social anarchist."
Chaplin's understanding of and love for the type of underdog he portrays on the screen and for humanity in general is obvious from his many motion pictures. He himself wrote: "I find unsuccessful people much more likable and interesting. They haven't lost something human and impulsive and warm, especially if they have always been poor and unsuccessful. ..."
On another occasion he said: "I've known humiliation. And humiliation is a thing you never forget. Poverty — the degradation and helplessness of it! I can't feel myself any different, at heart, from the unhappy and defeated men, the failures."
An individualistic and even anarchistic personality, Chaplin has shown his resistance to regimentation, beginning with the type practiced in Hollywood itself.