You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

- Christoph Waltz

Praise is nothing that accumulates. Praise is a sequence, especially if you've toiled for a long time. Praise does not pile up. So in a way, you can't get too much. I don't consider it to be a quantity that you can measure by volume.

- Christoph Waltz

My agent is the quickest, sharpest man on earth.

- Christoph Waltz

It bothers me that people who should know better believe a glossy magazine fantasy.

- Christoph Waltz

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

- Christoph Waltz

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

- Christoph Waltz

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

- Christoph Waltz

You get hit over the knuckles enough, you don't stick them out anymore.

- Christoph Waltz

When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it.

- Christoph Waltz

Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic.

- Christoph Waltz

I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as 'red carpet.'

- Christoph Waltz

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

- Christoph Waltz

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

- Christoph Waltz

It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the absurdity and preposterous reality that is accepted amongst the ones who are inside.

- Christoph Waltz

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

- Christoph Waltz

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

- Christoph Waltz

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

- Christoph Waltz

I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.

- Christoph Waltz

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

- Christoph Waltz

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

- Christoph Waltz