Christopher Walken's Quote About Never Owning A Cellphone Is Going Viral
Christopher Walken is 81-years-young.
The octogenarian explained to the Wall Street Journal how he pretty much doesn't *do* technology, and that quote is going viral on social media.
"I don't have technology. I only have a satellite dish on my house. So I've seen 'Severance' on DVDs that they're good enough to send me," he said. "I don't have a cell phone. I've never emailed or, what do you call it, Twittered."
I love how he just said, "I don't have technology," as if technology is an attribute you can have.
This isn't the first time he's talked about his lack of tech! In 2020, Walken explained that sometimes on movie sets he's given a cellphone as some sort of tracking device, saying, "Sometimes on a movie they'll give me a cell phone, but it's more so that they can find me… like a tracking collar. If I want to use it, someone has to dial it for me, that kind of thing."
Anyway, the man is surely onto something. I would kill to be that naive!
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