Christopher Walken Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Running, Horse, Moving

  "Christopher Walken: 'No matter who I play, it's me" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2012.

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• It's not necessarily how many minutes you're on screen, it's the material you have. It's more important what it is you have to do than the amount of time you're there.

  Christopher Walken

  Important, Minutes, Materials

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• 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

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• 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 people I could and then leave them alone. I don't know much about cameras or lighting, so I'd make sure that I had a really good cameraman who understood lenses and lighting, and I say to him, "This is the scene we have to shoot and this is what I think it should be, you go do it." Same with actors. But really, very good directors who know everything do basically the same thing. They hire you and then they leave you alone.

  Christopher Walken

  Thinking, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that.

  Christopher Walken

  Fun, Thinking, Play

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• I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.

  Christopher Walken

  Thinking, Play, People

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• 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

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• 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

  Running, Directors, Trouble

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• I look for good possibilities in movies. I don't look for perfection.

  Christopher Walken

  Perfection, Looks, Possibility

  "A Mellow, Reflective Christopher Walken". The Seattle Times, October 18, 2004.

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• Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

  Christopher Walken

  Reality, Lines, Knows

  "Interview: Christopher Walken" By Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 6, 2004.

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• If I show somebody something that I've written and they say, "Eh...alright," I just put it away and I never show it to anyone again. But I know people who won't take no for an answer, and eventually someone pays attention.

  Christopher Walken

  People, Attention, Answers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the theater you rehearse in order to do the performance. And in the movies the rehearsal and the performance are kind of the same thing. You're figuring it out and hopefully the camera is pointed at you when you're doing it.

  Christopher Walken

  Order, Cameras, Rehearsal

  "Seven Psychopaths Q&A: 10 Minutes in Heaven With Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell". Interview with Andy Greenwald, grantland.com. October 11, 2012.

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• 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

  Biography/Personal quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Bear suits are funny - and bears as well.

  Christopher Walken

  Suits, Bears, Wells

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• I used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore.

  Christopher Walken

  Father, Boston, Pie

  "Christopher Walken: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 14, 2009.

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• 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

  Watches, Lucky, Done

  Source: the-talks.com

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• Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

  Christopher Walken

  Emotional, Actors, Valuable

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Even in the limo, I buckle my seatbelt. I got that seatbelt on before the car moves.

  Christopher Walken

  Moving, Car, Limos

  "Christopher Walken Goes Off the Cuff: The Extended Version". Interview with Joe Pinsker, www.rollingstone.com. February 4, 2013.

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• I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills, and my cat loves me!

  Christopher Walken

  Nice, Cat, Cutting

  "Celebrities Who Have NEVER Been Divorced" by Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 8, 2015.

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• I'm a character actor. I have to find work in good movies where I can make something of my role. I'm a very lucky guy to be in that kind of position. It's like a kid who dreams of becoming a baseball player and then he gets to play for the Yankees.

  Christopher Walken

  Baseball, Dream, Character

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• 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

  New York, Growing Up, Museums

  Source: www.gamesradar.com

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• My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies.

  Christopher Walken

  Movie, Character, Successful

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• 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

  Running, Athlete, Careers

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• 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 debt. I'm very careful. But as an actor I'm pretty reckless. I've done a lot of things that, when I see myself on screen, I have to shut my eyes. And I've made a whole bunch of movies that nobody sees, including me.

  Christopher Walken

  Eye, Years, Actors

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• 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, Thinking, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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