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

Quote by Christopher Walken

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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...

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

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

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

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...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

Yeah, well I've always played comedy. My background is musical comedy theatre and that's really...

I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed...

I think that weddings have probably been crashed since the beginning of time. Cavemen crashed...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

Also for me it was different because I play a lot of villains and in...

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.

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.

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's...

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's...

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me...

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me...

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...

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.

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,...

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....

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 don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home...