Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there. Christopher Walken More Quotes by Christopher Walken More Quotes From Christopher Walken I remember from when I use to be a dancer, there is an expression among dancers, I had a T-shirt that said: SHUT UP AND DANCE. Christopher Walken dancerexpressionuse I have always refused to do something that has offended me. I have been offered potential roles that are totally vulgar. Christopher Walken vulgarhas-beensroles I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's beautiful. Christopher Walken beautifulquietcountry I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that. Christopher Walken unclesplayfather I don't like flying at the best of times. And as I get older, I like it less and less. I don't much like driving, either. I prefer to be driven. And, when I'm in London, I don't even like walking on the street. I can never get used to looking the right way when I cross the street. Christopher Walken londonflyingway I became an actor kind of by accident. I was in musical theater and I got a job as an actor in a play and kept going. But I never set out to be an actor; it happened over time. Christopher Walken musicalplayjobs Obvious things like The Deer Hunter. After that happened, the scripts got better. Opportunities happened. Christopher Walken obvious-thingshuntersopportunity There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance. Christopher Walken actorsagebirthday They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on. Christopher Walken crosbybobkind Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor. Christopher Walken dancerjobslong I'm in a place in my life where I get offered parts that I didn't get offered before - fathers and uncles and grandfathers and so on. And it took me a long time to get to that place, but I'm glad because it opens up new territory. Christopher Walken uncleslongfather I've made movies that we're very successful that we're a complete surprise, and I've made movies that I thought we're going to be very successful that, you know. Christopher Walken moviesurprisesuccessful When I was a teenager and all these shows were on I was in that business, so I knew a lot of people in the theaters and I saw many of the great shows many times. I would go in and stand in the back - they would let me in, they knew me. I saw Fiddler on the Roof, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy, and Funny Girl many times just standing in the back. Christopher Walken funny-thingsteenagergirl There are places I don't want to go. Making movies on tops of mountains, in the desert, playing scenes while icy torrents of rivers rush by. The jungle. It's very uncomfortable. Christopher Walken desertmountainrivers I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own. Christopher Walken evillooksneeds I make up different names for my cat all the time - Flapjack, Bowtie, Popcorn. But he's really, "Hey you, cat." Christopher Walken catdifferentnames I have boxes full of stuff. Most actors do have a trunk full of stuff, paintings or scripts. It never comes to anything. Christopher Walken scriptsactorsstuff I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that. Christopher Walken succeeddoneorder I've made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes you're in a movie and you think, 'I wish more people saw that' - because you're good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But that's show business. Christopher Walken work-outpeoplethinking I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen. Christopher Walken made
