Happy Birthday: Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Born: March 31, 1943 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Georgianne Walken (January 1969 – present)

[In 1993] I never was a big fan of school, to tell you the truth. I never had kids, but I suspect if I did, I wouldn’t encourage them to go to school. I never liked it myself. I was always grateful for being taught to read. I figured that once that had been done for me, that’s the big thing. A little bit of adding, subtracting, multiplying, that sort of thing. And you have to learn to write, at least a letter. But beyond that, I think people are over-educated. I think education will come if you want it. I read what I want to read, so that’s what I know about. You can’t know everything, so you should concentrate on what you’re interested in. The…