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title: "1 Acting Saying Quotes By Christopher Walken"
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> [Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/acting-has-to-do-with-saying-it-as-if-you-meant-it-so-for-me-the/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

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## More by 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 forth. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/one-thing-that-s-happened-to-me-is-i-ve-been-around-a-long-time-and-i/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [In my personal life I'm very conservative. I've been married to the same person for nearly 50 years, I'm scrupulous about paying bills, avoiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/in-my-personal-life-i-m-very-conservative-i-ve-been-married-to-the/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-grew-up-in-the-50s-in-new-york-city-where-television-was-born-there/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-think-that-a-good-movie-creates-its-own-world-and-that-world-needn/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/an-audience-is-the-most-dangerous-thing-in-the-world-because-they/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-make-movies-that-nobody-will-see-i-ve-made-movies-that-even-i-have/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [For me, in movies, it's always a mixed bag. I've never made a movie where I thought, "You were really good in that movie;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/for-me-in-movies-it-s-always-a-mixed-bag-i-ve-never-made-a-movie/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-think-the-fact-that-i-was-raised-in-show-business-in-new-york-city/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/obviously-an-actor-draws-on-his-own-experience/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/in-rehearsal-you-have-a-good-accident-that-you-can-repeat-in-the/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-was-never-a-child-actor-i-was-a-child-performer/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-have-been-in-movies-that-i-thought-i-wasn-t-very-good-in/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/i-think-i-m-getting-a-little-bit-of-alzheimer-s-just-a-little/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

> [It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking, "Wait a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/it-s-very-bizarre-though-when-you-get-hired-and-then-the-director/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 would know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-walken/it-s-interesting-a-lot-of-good-actors-are-good-mimes-but-i-m-terrible/)

[Christopher Walken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-walken/)

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