John Slattery Quotes
On 'Mad Men,' I have a bit of an advantage because I know who gets better as they repeat a scene and who's best at the beginning.
Quotes to Explore
-
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
-
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
-
I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
-
I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
-
A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
-
When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
-
I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
-
During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
-
I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
-
I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
-
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
-
When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
-
As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
-
I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.
-
I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
-
I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years.
-
I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.
-
It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?
-
I just went out and played ball tonight. I took advantage of my opportunities.
-
For me, life is the most beautiful gift of God to mankind, therefore people and nations who destroy life by abortion and euthanasia are the poorest. I do not say legal or illegal, but I think that no human hand should be raised to kill life, since life is God's life in us, even in an unborn child.
-
With 'Mad Men,' you feel like you're a member of Seal Team Six when you're shooting.
-
On 'Mad Men,' I have a bit of an advantage because I know who gets better as they repeat a scene and who's best at the beginning.
