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. – Christopher Walken
As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience. – Christopher Walken
When you’re onstage and you know you’re bombing, that’s very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going – you’re bombing, but you can’t stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you’re still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin. – Christopher Walken
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
I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless. – Christopher Walken
The best thing for me is, when I’m 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’ve always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre, and that’s really where my training is. – 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. – Christopher Walken
I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe… That’s why it’s good to defy expectations sometimes. – Christopher Walken
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
I don’t have a lot of hobbies. I don’t play golf. I don’t have any children. Things that occupy people’s time. I just try to take jobs. – Christopher Walken
I always like to watch comics and it’s interesting that you can tell if someone’s funny in 10 seconds. – Christopher Walken
