Christopher Walken

I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

— Christopher Walken

My hair was famous before I was.

— Christopher Walken

There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

— Christopher Walken

I became an actor by accident.

— Christopher Walken

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

— Christopher Walken

My background is in musical comedy.

— Christopher Walken

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

— Christopher Walken

Bear suits are funny - and bears as well.

— Christopher Walken

I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little.

— Christopher Walken

I know that whenever I think about death, I come up against a stone wall.

— Christopher Walken

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

— Christopher Walken

I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.

— Christopher Walken

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

— Christopher Walken

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

— Christopher Walken

I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty…

— Christopher Walken

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.

— Christopher Walken

Well, I don't play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a…

— Christopher Walken

As an actor I'm rather hit and miss, I throw a lot out there, and some of it works and some of…

— Christopher Walken

A job leads to a job, just like anything else, and it became apparent that this was probably what I was going…

— Christopher Walken

In the theater you rehearse in order to do the performance. And in the movies the rehearsal and the performance are kind…

— Christopher Walken

A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is…

— Christopher Walken

I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to…

— Christopher Walken

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit…

— Christopher Walken

I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to…

— Christopher Walken

A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that…

— Christopher Walken

I do like to work. Some jobs are better than others. That's the thing: You really don't know. I've enjoyed making movies…

— Christopher Walken

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult…

— Christopher Walken

Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All…

— Christopher Walken

Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck.…

— Christopher Walken

I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the…

— Christopher Walken

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so…

— Christopher Walken

I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes,…

— Christopher Walken

It's true that I don't think I'd be a good director. If I were a director, I'd try to hire the best…

— Christopher Walken

Morning is the best time to see movies.

— Christopher Walken

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

— Christopher Walken

Is typecasting really a problem?

— Christopher Walken

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

— Christopher Walken

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

— Christopher Walken

I try not to worry about things I can't do anything about.

— Christopher Walken

It's true in most movies I don't use my own voice.

— Christopher Walken