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Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there.
Christopher Walken
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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
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Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.
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For me, in movies, it's always a mixed bag. I've never made a movie where I thought, You were really good in that movie you were good all the time. No. It's always, You didn't get it, you didn't do it in that scene, but the other scene is pretty good. So I just hope that in balance there's more good scenes than not.
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I became very critical of zoos and circuses and keeping animals in captivity. I wish it was against the law.
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I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.
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It's very hard to get a movie made. You could spend your life reading scripts that never got made.
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I tend to play mostly villains and twisted people. Unsavory guys. I think it's my face, the way I look.
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