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Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

American Actor

Born: Mar 31, 1943

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My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies. Christopher Walken

Favorite Characters Most Movies Successful

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom. Christopher Walken

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of afterlife in video. Things where movies that I do would come and go; they still come and go but you can go rent them and see them on TV. Christopher Walken

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I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again. Christopher Walken

There's something dangerous about what's funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary. Christopher Walken

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My life has been wonderful. Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think. Christopher Walken

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I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little. Christopher Walken

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I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent. Christopher Walken

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To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not. Christopher Walken

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I was never a child actor. I was a child performer. Christopher Walken

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Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there. Christopher Walken

Natural Out Onstage Like Audiences

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

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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. Christopher Walken

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I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds. Christopher Walken

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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. Christopher Walken

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I've made movies that I thought were good. 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. Christopher Walken

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

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I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play. Christopher Walken

Enjoy Directed Allowed Like Being Much Play

I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that's really where my training is. Christopher Walken

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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. Christopher Walken

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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

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I'm not sure I'd write a good cookbook, but I might make a good cooking show. Christopher Walken

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