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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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,...

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.

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...

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've...

One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've...

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...

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....

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

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'm not much of an analyzer or a psychologist.

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

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've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to...

I've never crashed a wedding. When I was a kid I, of course, used to...

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...

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.