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.
Christopher WalkenI used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore.
Christopher WalkenThere's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.
Christopher WalkenI like to be cast well and then I like to be left alone. And good directors, that's generally what they do when they hire you because you have something that's useful to the part, and then they leave you alone. The times that I've run into trouble is when, very rare actually, but you get hired and then there's some sort of makeover involved.
Christopher Walken