Christopher Walken

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding. ”

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them. ”

The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines. ”

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom. ”

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. ”

It's true in most movies I don't use my own voice. ”

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing. ”

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer. ”

Onstage I have a natural chutzpa that audiences like. I'm out there. ”

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have. ”