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

Quote by Christopher Walken

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No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah,...

No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah,...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was...

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true....

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true....

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to...

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to...

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know,...

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know,...

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

I'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and...

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of...

When videotape came so a lot of movies that I do have a kind of...

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or...

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple...

I'd love to do a character with a wife, a nice little house, a couple...

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether...

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether...

I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would...

I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would...

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...

And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that...

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

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

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

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

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He...

My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He...

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made...

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made...