In the theater you rehearse in order to do the performance. And in the movies the rehearsal and the performance are kind… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I became an actor kind of by accident. I was in musical theater and I got a job as an actor in… — 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
My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of afterlife in video. Things where movies that… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple of kids, a dog, maybe a bit… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a… — 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
