Several of Chaplin's films incorporate autobiographical elements, and the psychologist Sigmund Freud believed that Chaplin "always plays only himself as he was in his dismal youth".
Beberapa film Chaplin memasukkan unsur-unsur autobiografi, dan psikolog Sigmund Freud meyakini bahwa Chaplin "selalu memerankan dirinya sendiri seperti saat ia pada masa muda dalam keadaan tak semestinya".