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To be honest, I was never very ambitious. And I still am not.
Christopher Walken
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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
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It's impossible for me to play a part without thinking about the audience.
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My hair was famous before I was.
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I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.
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Early on, I played one or two disturbed people, and I guess I must have been good at it, because it stuck. But, you know, I'm a regular guy. I stay home a lot, I make an effort to keep a distance from the whole social thing, the openings, the parties. I try to live in a calm way.
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I play so many villains and strange, troubled people. I don't have that kind of life. I live in the country. I've been married nearly 50 years. I have a cat.
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I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless.
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I know that whenever I think about death, I come up against a stone wall.
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You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.
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I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.
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I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.
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Guns make me very nervous. They're dangerous. I'm more of a pacifist than anyone could imagine.
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