Christopher Walken's Accent

spool32

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

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

Esh

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

Gaslight

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

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

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

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

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

warder808

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