Christian Slater Quotes

It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.

It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

I realize I live in a bubble, and all the opportunities are there to me. And having done a number of popular TV series, I'm mildly famous in certain situations, and lots of doors open to me.

I feel like everyone needs to respect Paris Hilton.

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

It was easy to get the offers for the good-looking vapid dude. I guess that's my power alley.

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.