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Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (German: [ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvalts]; born 4 October 1956) is a German-Austrian actor. Waltz is widely known for his works with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving critical acclaim for portraying SS officer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For both performances, he earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Waltz also received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Landa.

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I'm not really all that familiar with comic book culture.

Book, Comic, Culture, Familiar

I'm trying to be very aware of not repeating myself.

Aware, Repeating, Trying

Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic.

500, Fantastic, Flashing, Light, Nuisance, Ten

Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't necessarily mean it's improvised.

Mean, Two, Different, Improvised, Effortless

You know, I don't talk about the characters that I play. Years ago, I was a little timid about it and I kind of squirmed when I was asked, 'Could you tell us something about your character. ' Now with a little self-confidence that comes with the grey beard, I just flatly refuse.

Character, Flatly, Refuse, Self Confidence, Squirmed, Years

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

Guy, Home, Needs, Villain

If I jumped into the cliché, everybody will have seen it before. If I stick to my ignorance a little bit, maybe, maybe it will turn out different. Or maybe a slightly new aspect to a comic book villain.

Book, Comic, Different, Ignorance, Jumped

I had to learn how to drive a cement truck because there is a whole car chase with cement trucks, so I had to learn how to drive a cement truck. I don't like these things, but I'm not an idiot. I can do it.

Car, Cement, Chase, Drive, Idiot, Truck

What I liked so much while shooting [a movie], I might not like anymore when I see it or vice versa. The two are connected but not on a causal level.

Anymore, Liked, Movie, Shooting, Two, Vices

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?

Constitute, Extraordinary, Ifs, Ordinary

I have my brain switched on and I might be thinking something else but we've come to an arrangement. That sort of play is maybe easier with someone who also thinks that way. But that is not necessarily a national thing, but maybe a little bit of a cultural thing.

Thinking, Play, Brain, National, Cultural

I'm very bad with improvisation. I hate it.

Hate, I Hate, Improvisation, Bad

I don't like to read novelizations of movies.

Like, Movies, Novelizations, Read

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

Fit, Fits, If The Shoe Fits, Shoe, Shoes, Wear

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

Art, Europe, Like, Movies, Think, Thinking

I only do what I like to do.

Like

I worked next to an elephant. And considering that she could step on your toes, it's a good idea to keep a certain distance. It's also a good idea to befriend the trainer.

Distance, Elephants, Ideas, Elephant, Trainer, Befriend

For me, personally, there is one really interesting thing. You're all a bit too young for that, but when you get to a certain level of experience, accumulation of experience you start slowly to once in a while get a whiff of the feeling, I'd love to be twenty years younger but with what I know and have experienced at this point.

Years, Interesting, Feelings, Love, Feeling, Certain

It's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on.

Dying, Economics, Gets, Opera

I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

Film, Interested, Medium, Mediums

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