Biografia

Always tries to work a jig (dance) into his movies

Haunting, dark humour-filled, monologues

Distinctive, clipped delivery

Frequently plays very calm, restrained individuals with immense capacities for violence

These days his hair is always greased back or standing up

Danced with Judy Garland at Liza Minnelli's 16th birthday party.

Worked briefly as a lion tamer in a circus at age 15.

Manages to insert a little dance number into nearly all of his roles, no matter how small, scripted or not.

Doesn't use a computer or own a cell phone.

He lives in his house in the country, while his wife lives in their New York apartment. Walken says the only people he sees when he is not working are the garbage men.

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

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

Is typecasting really a problem?

My hair was famous before I was.

If you want to learn how to build a house, build a house. Don't ask anybody, just build a house.