Christopher Walken has never owned a mobile phone or a computer.
Christopher Walken
The 77-year-old actor appeared virtually on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on Tuesday (15.12.20), but admitted he needed help setting up the Zoom call because he’s never learned how to use modern technology.
He told show host Stephen Colbert: “Somebody had to come and set this up because I don’t have a cellphone or a computer. I just got to it too late. I’m right at a certain age where it passed me by. I never got too involved in it because it would be strange for any 10-year-old to be much better than I am.
“It’s kind of like a watch, if you need it, somebody else has it. Sometimes on a movie they’ll give me a cellphone but it’s more so they can find me … If I want to use it, somebody has to dial it for me.”
And whilst Christopher doesn’t have a computer or a phone, he does enjoy collecting “memorabilia and mementos”, including a pair of boxing shorts owned and worn by the late sporting star Muhammad Ali.
When asked how he came into possession of the item, he said: “I have a small room where I keep memorabilia and mementos. Muhammad Ali, in the early ’70s, his title was taken away. He appeared in a Broadway show, he had an act where he toured.
“I was working in a theatre in Canada and he came through with his show. He left his boxing trunks to be auctioned for charity for the theatre. I went and got them and brought them for you to see.”
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