In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.

In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.

Christopher Walken

If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.

If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

Movies are terrifically optimistic enterprises.

I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them.

I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble imagining things while I'm reading them.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.

People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a very scientific way.

People come up to me all the time in New York. Not for autographs, but to talk about movies, often in a very scientific way.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.

Well, you know what they say. A bullet always tells the truth.

Well, you know what they say. A bullet always tells the truth.

I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.

I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.

I don't even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

I don't even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

It's impossible for me to play a part without thinking about the audience.

It's impossible for me to play a part without thinking about the audience.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

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

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

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

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