Just saw the Walken 2008 – Official Website wherein Christopher Walken, one of the coolest individuals on the planet, appears to be running for President. This may well be a hoax — or maybe a grassroots campaign subtly flirting with being a hoax, the better to promote interest. But, the website doesn’t have any tells. The content looks serious.
Campaign Finance Reform:
“I believe that campaign finance is a very tough issue, with good points on both sides; but I feel, as a wealthy American, that I should have no more say than even the least fortunate American citizen. Free speech in politics is about the voices of all those who support you, not who supports you with the biggest voice.”Military Funding:
“I am a huge supporter of the military. I have always thought of them as our guardians, and when our guardians are making less than the poverty line, and children are suffering because their parents decided to join the military, well, I get very upset. I feel that instead of sending billions to the Pentagon’s pet projects, it should go to the troops.”Stem Cell Research:
“I’d met Chris Reeve several times before he died, and after having met him it is tough to be against [stem cell research]. I am for human knowledge and expansion of human life. If stem cells are one way to do that, I cannot support legislation to restrict this potentially life-saving research.”
On the other hand, the best thing I read attributed to Walken was a bit by Jay Mohr recounting an exchange between the two of them on the set of a movie:
Walken: “Jay, I noticed your dog – eh, your dog was in here a moment ago – that dog had no tail. What happened?”
Mohr: “You know, they cut it off when they’re puppies. It’s called docking the tail.”
Walken: “That’s too bad, you know. Think about it; it would be so great to have a tail. People could tell when you were angry. They’d go, ‘Get back! Look out! Don’t fuck with Chris today; look at his tail.'”
Mohr: “I think you mean happy, Chris. Dogs wag their tails when they’re happy.”
Walken: “Oh well, maybe you. But if I had a tail, you have to be expressive with that tail, otherwise, what’s the point, right. They’d know, they’d know. They’d go, ‘Get back, don’t bother Chris today. He’s having a bad day.’ ‘How do you know?’ “Well, did you look at his tail?'”
(Hours later, it comes up again. Mohr asks Walken a question.)
Mohr: “What would you rather do: have a tail or the gift of flight?”
Walken responds immediately. “Oh, have a tail! Come on, that’s the dumbest thing I ever heard. You can always get on an airplane, but a tail . . .”
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