Christopher Walken

I look for good possibilities in movies. I don't look for perfection.

— Christopher Walken

There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit…

— Christopher Walken

I don't think I'd be a good director because people would ask me, you know, "What is it? What's going on here?…

— Christopher Walken

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker…

— Christopher Walken

There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just…

— Christopher Walken

I've made one or two movies that I haven't even seen, because they were never released. I have made things that I…

— Christopher Walken

I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to…

— Christopher Walken

I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills,…

— Christopher Walken

There are places I don't want to go. Making movies on tops of mountains, in the desert, playing scenes while icy torrents…

— Christopher Walken

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and…

— Christopher Walken

I don't like flying at the best of times. And as I get older, I like it less and less. I don't…

— Christopher Walken

I have this theory about words. There's a thousand ways to say 'Pass the salt'. It could mean, you know, 'Can I…

— Christopher Walken

I get a lot of invitations, and sometimes it's far away, it's in Montana or something. "We'd like you to come to…

— Christopher Walken

There are movies that I've made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together…

— Christopher Walken

Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the…

— Christopher Walken

Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off…

— Christopher Walken

I like to be cast well and then I like to be left alone. And good directors, that's generally what they do…

— Christopher Walken

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways.…

— Christopher Walken

I like cats a lot. I've always liked cats. They're great company. When they eat, they always leave a little bit at…

— Christopher Walken

People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a…

— Christopher Walken

I feel like you are this or that because other people say so. I wouldn't know how to play a psychopath. I…

— Christopher Walken

Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. I never know how successful a movie is going to be - when you make…

— Christopher Walken

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality…

— Christopher Walken

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier,…

— Christopher Walken

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's…

— Christopher Walken

I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to…

— Christopher Walken

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,…

— Christopher Walken

An audience is the most dangerous thing in the world, because they paid, and they're looking at you. And they paid! And…

— Christopher Walken

Improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing. That's a kind of…

— Christopher Walken

I certainly have never been an actor who can play the Everyman guy - or, I don't tend to get those parts.…

— Christopher Walken

My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And,…

— Christopher Walken

There are certain directors where you know you're going to be good or you're not going to be there. There are people…

— Christopher Walken

I used to be prettier than I am, but I think I look better now. I was a pretty boy. Particularly in…

— Christopher Walken

If I show somebody something that I've written and they say, "Eh...alright," I just put it away and I never show it…

— Christopher Walken

In the theater you rehearse for a minimum of five to six weeks. And then you get to play it. Which means…

— Christopher Walken

I've been very fortunate, because I've been involved in things that very often lead to obscurity. I was in some pictures that…

— Christopher Walken

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

— Christopher Walken

I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born…

— Christopher Walken

I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more…

— Christopher Walken

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…

— Christopher Walken