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My background is in musical comedy.

Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
Actor
Character Actor
Dancer
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Stage Actor
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Ronald Walken
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When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never very good at it. I have big, sort of awkward hands. It's hard to keep going when you don't get any better.
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