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There are places I don't want to go. Making movies on tops of mountains, in the desert, playing scenes while icy torrents of rivers rush by. The jungle. It's very uncomfortable.
Christopher Walken
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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
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