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I like to stand in my kitchen with the script on a counter that's about chest high. Usually I do something else at the same time - make a chicken or slice vegetables - and all day long I just read it over and over and over.

Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
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