Category: Christopher Walken

“I make movies that nobody will see. I’ve made movies that even I have never seen.”
-Christopher Walken

“I’ve 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

“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.”
-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. He’s the Secretary of the Treasury. I never had a job like that.”
-Christopher Walken

“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

“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

“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

“There’s something dangerous about what’s funny. Jarring and disconcerting. There is a connection between funny and scary.”
-Christopher Walken

“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.”
-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 didn’t have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn’t want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.”
-Christopher Walken