Christopher Walken Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Is typecasting really a problem?
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No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual.
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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!
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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.
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You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.
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At its best, life is completely unpredictable.
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My life has been wonderful. Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.
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To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not.
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I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe. Many people in my neighborhood hardly bothered to learn English.
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Morning is the best time to see movies.
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Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck. But, you know, I'm a regular guy. I stay home a lot, I make an effort to keep a distance from the whole social thing, the openings, the parties. I try to live in a calm way.
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I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.
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I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.
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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.
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My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.
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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.
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There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.
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People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.
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It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.
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Even in the limo, I buckle my seatbelt. I got that seatbelt on before the car moves.
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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.
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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.