314 Quotes by Christopher Walken

If you play a king, it's better if everybody treats you like a king.

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.

I became an actor by accident.

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that.

If you do movies that are modestly budgeted, the way they finance them is they figure out how they can sell them.

Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing.

Is typecasting really a problem?

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.

I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the couch and suddenly heard my voice. It's thrilling. It's interesting that a lot of guys do me. I have a friend who does me on his answering machine so when I call him I talk to myself. I don't really know what that comes from. It doesn't seem to me that I speak in a strange way. My wife says Kevin's (Spacey) the best.