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I think the fact that I was r...

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

When you're onstage and you k...

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

It's interesting - a lot of g...

It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I have a lot of trouble with ...

I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I became very critical of zoo...

I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

Can I confess something? I te...

Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you'll understand. Sometimes when I'm driving on the road at night I see two headlights coming toward me. Fast. I have this sudden impulse to turn the wheel quickly, head-on into the oncoming car. I can anticipate the explosion. The sound of shattering glass. The flames rising out of the flowing gasoline.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

We have no way of knowing wha...

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I think all men when they get...

I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

Bear suits are funny - and be...

Bear suits are funny - and bears as well.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I tend to play mostly villain...

I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

Obvious things like The Deer ...

Obvious things like The Deer Hunter. After that happened, the scripts got better. Opportunities happened.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I have always refused to do s...

I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

The thing about cooking is it...

The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to somebody's house and they're making something, they usually say interesting things while they're cooking.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

There are people who are able...

There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

When I was a kid I joined the...

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

The minute I start to talk ab...

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

When you're onstage and you k...

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

I always like to watch comics...

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

Also for me it was different ...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. He's the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that.

Christopher Walken 240 quotes

When videotape came so a lot ...

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of afterlife in video. Things where movies that I do would come and go; they still come and go but you can go rent them and see them on TV.

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