Christopher Walken quotes - page 5

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)
Morning is the best time to see movies. View quote
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I have made a number of movies that I have never seen. It's not a matter of ego. It's a matter of being disappointed. It's really a shame. It's just as difficult to make a movie that no one cares about as to make a hit. View quote
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I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more than I do now. You can't - you can't do that. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to travel. So going to work is kind of it. View quote
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Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious. View quote
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I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Christopher Walken)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Some people can do things and get away with it. Comics are famously like that. Why is it that some guys can say the most horrible things and it's not offensive, it's funny? View quote
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It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Quite often, I'll be sent a script for a movie. And I find that I like it, so I say I'll do it. But then they rewrite it for me. They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying. I call it Walkenising. View quote
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I like to stand in my kitchen with the script on a counter that's about chest high. Usually I do something else at the same time - make a chicken or slice vegetables - and all day long I just read it over and over and over. View quote
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There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there. (Christopher Walken)
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. View quote
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I've been to Chicago a lot - it's one of my favorite places. My wife is from Chicago, and I worked in the theater there a lot. View quote
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I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way. View quote
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Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to hesitate and think of the right word. And I think it rubbed off. View quote
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