Christoph Waltz Quotes

Austrian - Actor | October 4, 1956 -

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

Christoph Waltz

GoodHomeVillainYouNeedGuy

Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle.

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Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.

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ThinkingEarthSheNeedHubrisSize

There is one thing I do miss in L.A. I love autumn.

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LoveMissAutumnOne ThingThing

You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

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YouAlwaysExtraordinaryBecause

I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.

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You see, my version of why anyone would want to become an actor is that it's some psychological fixation, something that happened in puberty that you didn't outgrow in time, which is normal. Nevertheless, if you make it a profession, it can be really neurotic.

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I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art.

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The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliche villains with a Russian accent and big muscles and a mean face, I don't know. My Russian accent isn't that great, and the muscles aren't that big and the mean face is not enough. You know what I mean? It gets very boring. Tedious stuff.

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By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.

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It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

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Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.

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