Quotes by Christian Slater

About Christian Slater:

Christian Michael Leonard Slater is an American actor. He made his film debut with a leading role in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. He played a monk's apprentice alongside Sean Connery in The Name of the Rose before gaining wider recognition for his breakthrough role in the cult film Heathers.
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I can promote until I am blue in the face, but ultimately nobody knows what makes a hit.

Christian Slater

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

Christian Slater

I want to do films I can relate to emotionally.

Christian Slater

I was a shy, quiet kid. I was happiest playing by myself with my toys, rather than hanging around people.

Christian Slater

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

Christian Slater

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

Christian Slater

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

Christian Slater

I've always been fond of Winona Ryder.

Christian Slater

I did regret not graduating high school, but I made a point of going back and getting my GED later. It was important for my kids.

Christian Slater

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

Christian Slater

I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level.

Christian Slater

I think games are starting to branch out. It's not just guys sitting at their computer stations. Games are so fun, that everybody gets into them a little bit.

Christian Slater

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world.

Christian Slater

The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John Woo.

Christian Slater

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.

Christian Slater

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.

Christian Slater

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

Christian Slater

There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave.

Christian Slater

I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface.

Christian Slater

Eighty-five per cent of the time, people want to talk about 'True Romance.' That's the film I've made that really seems to have stuck with people.

Christian Slater

My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

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Author Bio

  • NameChristian Slater
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • AliasesChristian Michael Leonard Slater
  • BornAugust 18, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor