Christopher Walken Quotes

I just have so many scripts to read!

The 'Pan' script made it to the Black List in 2013.

I don't have a stack of scripts that, when I get home, studios are clamoring, saying, 'Has Bob read ours yet?'

You would not believe some of the scripts I have seen. I have read something like 160 that I've rejected, and I keep them all, for posterity.

I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone that evokes my interest in any film.

There are so many scripts and they are fantastic. I think I would like to do something different, maybe something smaller.

I always want to read the script before I totally commit.

I tend to look for a great script.

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

My primary job is to choose the programs, either to co-produce them, or acquire them after they're finished. So, I read a lot of scripts, I meet with producers and I read a lot of books.

I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, "Yeah, sure, I'll give it a shot!" It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, "Absolutely!"

When you have a bunch of scripts that you have to read, the less you have, the better it is, because otherwise, everything is already planned and I think that's a terrible feeling.

I read a lot of scripts. I believe you've got to read one that you know you're not going to do, because you've got to educate yourself on what's out there to make the best decision for you.

As an actor, you're always reading scripts looking for something good.

One reads many scripts, and some of them are good and some of them are not, but every now and then, one really grabs you. You simply can't put it down.

I read a ton of scripts. I read a lot of scripts, and you read one, and first of all, you felt like you read it in 14 minutes, because you're turning the pages so fast you can't wait to see what's going to happen.

The script comes first. If that isn't good enough, you know it's gonna be a long ride.

It's always the script that's going to lure me. And I don't really care about the part.

When I read the scripts, I'm always so excited to see what's going to happen because it's unpredictable.

Doing a film, or being sent scripts to look at a certain character, it's very odd for me. I tend to take it very personally.

For the most part I pick movies based on the merit of the script, and the merit of the script only.

You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an instrument or songwriting, takes years to get good at. So for me, I'm excited to start over, and yeah, I have a few talents I can build off of. But I see this as a long process; it's a marathon.

The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.