Christian Slater Quotes
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I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.
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The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John Woo.
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If I'm backed into a corner, the first thing that comes to mind is the robot from Forbidden Planet. But that could be me trying to be kitschy, cool, and cultural, because the real answer is R2D2.
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Tony Scott was one of the best directors I've ever worked with, and I was devastated when I heard about his death. He was a great guy with great energy. But this is a difficult business, and people's lives are sometimes difficult.
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I can promote until I am blue in the face, but ultimately nobody knows what makes a hit.
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I'm not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power and something looking out for me. I've definitely had angels that have either guided me or helped me through moments in my life, without a doubt.
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It still amazes me when I look at some of the films I've been a part of, and some of the people I've gotten to meet and work with. I also look back sometimes and realize that I was lucky to have lived through them and even to have survived them, at times.
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How do I feel about being a star now? Well I still try to live life and enjoy what I am doing.
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I was a shy, quiet kid. I was happiest playing by myself with my toys, rather than hanging around people.
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Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.
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Having kids certainly gets me to ask the question, 'Who is the adult here, and who is the kid?'
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I try to stay away from the craft services table on set! That's probably why I am able to still get work in this business: I stay away from junk food.
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If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?
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The movies I've made at a certain time of my life were exactly right for the stage of my life, the frame of mind I was in at the time. Each character I've had to play has been me in that time in my life.
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I am a gypsy, in a way. It's a condition of my profession.
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When I'm in the kitchen, I don't want anybody else in the kitchen. I have a system - and the system, it's another form of insanity that has grabbed me.
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Drama can be an addiction. It's so, so sneaky. Jealousy - all of those things can really send you in a lot of different crazy directions.
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There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave.
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It's great, getting the scripts and working with somebody like Sam Esmail, who is such a great leader.
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I've always been fond of Winona Ryder.
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If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you've been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.
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Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was always on the lookout for other talent and taking me to see plays. I saw Frank Langella in 'Dracula'... Great, great performances. I was a theater rat, hanging out backstage.
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I'm certainly grateful that there were projects that I did that people responded to. It would be a nightmare if it were the other way around. But it's sometimes a little disheartening.
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This is what Hollywood tends to do. It tends to disregard tradition, history and anything factual, twisting it and turning it and making it all okay regardless of what the English may think of it.