I don't play lovers. I wish I did. At least once I'd like to have a crack at one of those guys.… — 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 was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look. — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of hobbies. I don't play golf. I don't have any children. Things that occupy people's time. I… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All… — 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… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When I'm on the road making a movie in another city, on my day off, I always go to the movies. I… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager and all these shows were on I was in that business, so I knew a lot of… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
I play a lot of, maybe a little bit, cartoonish people. I've been a Bond villain, and I play a lot of… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
You do something on television, and so many people see it that it follows you around. It's interesting. I've done a couple… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I don't know why people eat so badly. I could eat pasta all the time, but it really is fattening. And I… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you… — 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'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 Copy Share Image
I've made movies that I thought were good. I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Older actors, and women in particular, are getting more opportunities. It pleases me, its very good news for us. They say that… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to people speaking broken English. I probably picked that up. And I probably speak English almost as a… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding. — 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
I never know when I am being funny, and the other way too. I don't think you can think about that. I… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
You hear about things happening to people - they slip in the bathtub, fall down the stairs, step off the curb in… — 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
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
