Quotes by

Christopher Walken

Ive never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to crash parties. Crashing a wedding is difficult though because you have to have the suit, and you have to have information in case someone catches you. You have to know at least some names and something. – Christopher Walken

I like to go to work, and also, I dont have any kids. I dont have any hobbies. I dont like to travel. So going to work is kind of it. – Christopher Walken

Ive made movies that were very successful that were a complete surprise, and Ive made movies that I thought were going to be very successful that, you know. – Christopher Walken

Ive 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

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

I have been in movies that I thought I wasnt very good in. – Christopher Walken

I make movies that nobody will see. Ive made movies that even I have never seen. – Christopher Walken

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 dont like looking at them so much. Theres a sort of pretty thing about me. – Christopher Walken

The best thing for me is, when Im not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines. – Christopher Walken

I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if theyre annoyed. You can tell whether theyre scared. – Christopher Walken

I never know when I am being funny, and the other way too. I dont think you can think about that. I dont think you can try to be funny. Some people are just funny. – Christopher Walken

I always like to watch comics and its interesting that you can tell if someones funny in 10 seconds. – Christopher Walken

Theres something dangerous about whats funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary. – Christopher Walken

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 its not offensive, its funny? – Christopher Walken

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in this one I play a dad and I play a good guy, basically. Hes the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that. – Christopher Walken

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didnt have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didnt want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business. – Christopher Walken

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the 50s, thats affected my personality to the point that Im a little different. – Christopher Walken

Ive made movies that I thought were good. Ive made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes youre in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that – because youre good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But thats show business. – Christopher Walken

Ill tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue. – Christopher Walken

No, but way before that, Ive 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. – Christopher Walken