Christian Slater Quotes

• In truth, making films doesn’t feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.

  Christian Slater

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• It’s almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There’s a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make.

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  Tags in Real, Right, Like

• My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

  Christian Slater

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• The guys from Atari that are making the next Alone in the Dark game came and we had a great meeting. I’d love to do that. I’m a fan of videogames. I like them. And to get to be part of one of them would be a fun and exciting thing.

  Christian Slater

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  Tags in Alone, Exciting, Great, Meeting

• 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.

  Christian Slater

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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.

  Christian Slater

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  Tags in Action, Movie

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

  Christian Slater

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  Tags in Everything, Ride, Felt

• 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

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  Tags in Little, Performing, Theatre

• 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.

  Christian Slater

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  Tags in Anything, Think, Factual

• 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

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  Tags in Read, Books, Emotionally

Christian Slater (30)

Birth:	18th August, 1969
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Director, Producer

About

Christian Michael Leonard Slater was born in New York City, New York. He is an American actor, director and producer. He made his film debut with a small role in The Postman Always Rings Twice before playing a leading role in the 1985 film The Legend of Billie Jean. In the 1990s, Slater starred in many big budget films, including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain. Since 2000, Slater has combined work in the film business with television, including appearances in The West Wing and Alias and starring in Breaking In and Mind Games.

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