Christopher Walken's Accent

spool32 · April 2012

I once thought that his accent and cadence were unique, but yesterday on NPR I heard a diplomat interviewed and he sounded almost exactly like Walken. So: is it a regional dialect? If so, where from? How does one end up sounding like that?

Ruckus · April 2012

His accent is from his home town, New York, but his cadence is unrelated, just how he tends to talk.

Esh · April 2012

My professor for Pidgins and Creoles sounds exactly like him. I can ask where he's from?

Gaslight · April 2012

The cadence is entirely his own creation. He pretty much literally looks at his lines in a script and inserts periods in random places.

vonPoonBurGer · April 2012

If you'd like to hear Walken's accent without the pauses, check out his earlier work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9y6eElFPk

Demerdar · April 2012

And if you'd like to see one of the best Walken impersonations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eExsLq8DPFc

skip to about 2:55

Djeet · April 2012

And if you'd like to see Christopher Walken cooking a delicious meal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VjLCRqKNk

warder808 · April 2012

Its almost like he's a different person without his crazy movie cadence.

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