Christopher Walken Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When I was a kid, I worked in the circus. It was a touring circus that was owned by a man named Terrell Jacobs. It was just one big tent, and he was a lion tamer. He didn't have any kids, but the bit was that I would dress up as his son in an identical outfit.”

“Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.”

“I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.”

“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.”

“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 they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared.”

“My father was a lesson. He had his own bakery, and it was closed one day a week, but he would go anyway. He did it because he really loved his bakery. It wasn't a job.”

“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.”

“Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.”

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

“As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.”