In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking,… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you play a king, it's better if everybody treats you like a king. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I got to playing villains-I don't know how. I think it's like anything else, in the movies in particular that if you… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you're an actor, a hard thing is to stick around, to stay viable. I try to do that by taking the… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I want to make movies on a soundstage. They close the door and it's nighttime, daytime. If it has to rain, they… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm better off not socializing. I make a better impression if I'm not around. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
If you do movies that are modestly budgeted, the way they finance them is they figure out how they can sell them. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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;… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
