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It's amazing how many actors say to me, 'Put in a word for me, I would like to do it.' And I mean big names
Walken may get role on 'Sopranos' Oct 11, 2004
Staying viable is very difficult. I've been going for a long time, even though I didn't really get into movies until my 30s. But I think I've gotten better as I've gotten older. It's just from experience, doing it, the same as baking bread or anything else
Christopher Walken likens acting to baking Oct 06, 2004
This was a family that had no problems and everyone loved it
Interview of the week: Christopher Walken Feb 27, 2003
Christopher Walken is a star. I was very excited to meet him because he's very famous and French people like him very much and everyone is a little scared of him. It's like, 'That guy is a strange guy who came from another planet.' (Laughs) He's going to be my husband, I was a little afraid, and when I met him, he's a very sweet man. He was scared, like I was, the first day of shooting, and very anxious and has a big sense of humor and loves cats, like me. There were cats on the set and he was talking to the cats all the time
Entertainment Today: Showbiz News Dec 20, 2002
Christopher Walken (pronounced /ˈwɔːkən/; born March 31, 1943) is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New York, True Romance, Catch Me If You Can, Pulp Fiction, Wedding Crashers, Balls of Fury, Click, and Hairspray as well as music videos by recording artists such as Madonna, Journey and Fatboy Slim.
Walken's films have grossed more than $1.8 billion in the United States. He has also played the main role in the Shakespeare plays Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. He is also a popular guest-host of Saturday Night Live, having hosted 7 times as of April 2008. His most notable role on the show was record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch.
Walken debuted as a film director and script writer with the short film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role in a play about Elvis Presley titled Him in 1995.