Quotes from Christoph Waltz

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.

As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

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

Europeans still believe that working is for living. Americans often have that the other way around.

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.