Christopher Walken Quotes

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

Christopher Walken

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• I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.

  

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• Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

  

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• A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

  

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• As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.

  

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• For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.

  

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• I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.

  

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• My daughter's met Hillary Clinton, so she's got a strong bias. But she, of course, parrots me and goes, 'Oh, Donald Trump, I don't like him!' I'm like, 'That's good!'

  

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• You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

  

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• I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people – not a large group, but quite a few people – who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.

  

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• A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is what they don't offer. No Wi-Fi. No grades. No hovering parents or risk managers or parents who parent like risk managers.

  

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• I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina. We're not all categorized as one type of person... there's people from everywhere doing different things who have different types of cultures. Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.

  

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• Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

  

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• I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn’t be able to see my feet.

  

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• Souls made of fire, and children of the sun,With whom revenge is virtue.

  

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• No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot, survivor of that time, that place. - 1961

  

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• Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

  

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• Risk is what separates the artist from the artisan.

  

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• Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

  

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• I might be a pretty earthy, crunchy girl, yes. There might be some crystals and Buddhas in my house. I may meditate and eat all green and compost... Yoga is a very regular part of my life.

  

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• Excellent stuff from CPC leadership candidate @MaximeBernier There's hope for Canada!

  

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• Ireland, Ireland. That cloud in the west, that coming storm. That minister of God's retribution upon cruel, inveterate, and but half-atoned injustice! Ireland forces upon us those great social and great religious questions. God grant that we may have courage to look them in the face!

  

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• No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

  

  Christopher Walken