314 Quotes by Christopher Walken

There are movies that I’ve made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together it wasn’t. And there are a lot of movies that, for one reason or another, just don’t become popular. So to me it’s always been a little bit of a roll of the dice. That’s the way it goes.

I look for good possibilities in movies. I don’t look for perfection.

I don’t even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

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.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you’re doing.

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.

I don’t play lovers. I wish I did. At least once I’d like to have a crack at one of those guys. A heartbreaker. Some people are born to it. I’m not.

I try not to worry about things I can’t do anything about.

I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it’s my face, the way I look.