Christopher Walken's Quote About Never Owning A Cellphone Is Going Viral

Christopher Walken is 81 years young.

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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.

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"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."

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I love how he just said, "I don't have technology," as if technology is an attribute you can have.

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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."

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Anyway, the man is surely onto something. I would kill to be that naive!

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Bye!

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