I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. Christopher Walken More Quotes by Christopher Walken More Quotes From Christopher Walken I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even 'pass the salt' - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I'm saying that. Maybe that's what gives the impression that I'm saying one thing and thinking something else. Christopher Walken character mean thinking I've done a lot of things I cringe when I watch and some things I'm proud of... Movies are strange. You have to be a little bit lucky with them. Christopher Walken lucky done watches Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding the subways. You learn to develop a tough front if you live here, just in case you get into any kind of trouble and you need to talk your way out of it. Christopher Walken growing-up new-york museums Bear suits are funny - and bears as well. Christopher Walken wells suits bears Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things that made my career in the movies happen took two or three minutes, which is the time that it takes for a 'take'. In that time, something happens. That's what people know you for, just like someone running the hundred metres. Christopher Walken careers athlete running Well, I don't play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family. Christopher Walken girl hero father I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange. Christopher Walken machines answers doe You do something on television, and so many people see it that it follows you around. It's interesting. I've done a couple of things on TV, and probably more people saw me than in all the movies I've made. Christopher Walken couple people interesting The last time I did a movie that needed a horse, I said: 'If it moves, I'm out of here.' The worst thing is, they know when you're afraid and act up accordingly. I've had them run off on me. Horses I do not like. Christopher Walken horse running moving My hair was famous before I was. Christopher Walken hair 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 minute, I thought that I was doing this" but basically what they really want, especially if they wrote it, is they want you to do it as they imagined it. It's virtually impossible. Christopher Walken waiting want thinking I used to be prettier than I am, but I think I look better now. I was a pretty boy. Particularly in my early movies. I don’t like looking at them so much. There’s a sort of pretty thing about me. Christopher Walken boys looks thinking I think all men when they get older, they look at the mirror and they probably see their father a little bit. Christopher Walken men father thinking I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way. Christopher Walken scared way thinking I'm an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why. Christopher Walken rip girl angel My life is really quite conservative. I've been married nearly 50 years. I don't have hobbies or children. I don't much care to travel. I've never had a big social life. I really just stay home, except when I go to work. Christopher Walken home children years Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing. Christopher Walken lines knows reality I like to be cast well and then I like to be left alone. And good directors, that's generally what they do when they hire you because you have something that's useful to the part, and then they leave you alone. The times that I've run into trouble is when, very rare actually, but you get hired and then there's some sort of makeover involved. Christopher Walken trouble running directors The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living. Christopher Walken mysterious acting littles Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think. Christopher Walken lucky littles thinking
