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 More Quotes by Christopher Walken More Quotes From Christopher Walken I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used a lot of kids. There were schools just for these kids. There was a whole world that doesn't exist anymore. Christopher Walken new-york kids school It takes a very long time to read a script. I'll look at a script, but there are so many scripts. I remember once being at the dentist, and the guy was doing my teeth and telling me about the screenplay he'd written and he said, "Will you read it?" And I said "Oh...okay." And it turns out that it was about a dentist! Christopher Walken scripts guy long I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared. Christopher Walken cat animal talking I never know when I am being funny, and the other way too. I don't think you can think about that. I don't think you can try to be funny. Some people are just funny. Christopher Walken funny people thinking It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made. Christopher Walken scripts reading made When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing. Christopher Walken names kids thinking Usually directors hire me because I'm what they are looking for. But once in a while, and it's very rare, they will hire me and then try to make me over. Christopher Walken trying directors When I was a kid, I worked in the circus. It was a touring circus that was owned by a man named Terrell Jacobs. It was just one big tent, and he was a lion tamer. He didn't have any kids, but the bit was that I would dress up as his son in an identical outfit. Christopher Walken men kids son My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff. Christopher Walken be-kind musical actors My own way of thinking is very conservative, very linear and not particularly imaginative, but if I look for things in different places, sometimes things happen. Christopher Walken different looks thinking 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 point that I'm a little different. Christopher Walken cities new-york thinking 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 think it had to do with, well one thing is that I looked younger than I was for a long time. Now I think I'm suddenly starting to play people's father. Christopher Walken play father thinking I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you. Christopher Walken real new-york thinking The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines. Christopher Walken home two thinking I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes. Christopher Walken play mean thinking I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier, I think I would have made a lot more musical movies. Christopher Walken business years thinking The thing about cooking is it's so interesting to watch. I don't know why, but if you go to somebody's house and they're making something, they usually say interesting things while they're cooking. Christopher Walken cooking house interesting To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look. Christopher Walken reason character looks 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 entertaining, if it's interesting, it justifies its being there. Christopher Walken real interesting thinking I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little. Christopher Walken alzheimers littles thinking
