David Slade Quotes

Sometimes, I wonder where my place in this town called 'Hollywood' is - and that can give you a really dull headache.

Sometimes I wake up and think, 'How did I get here?'

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?

You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.

I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.

I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

Being a kid, as all kids do, you feel out of place or like kind of a freak. You wake up feeling like your head got put onto someone else's body that day.

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

No matter how successful you get in Hollywood, you cannot rest. Your new movie doesn't open well; they're looking for the next person to replace you; it's always something. You never have true peace.

Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.

I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times.

It's a mixed feeling when everything you've ever wanted in making films is coming true, and yet you feel scared because it's happening all at once. Suddenly you're in rooms with people you've looked up to for years, the Judi Denches. You wonder if you're good, if you have what it takes.

Even though my parents were famous actors, I honestly felt most of the time that I didn't understand what was going on.

I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn't know why.

I am getting all this fame, but I don't absolutely know what I should rap about.

I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then

I can very much relate to waking up inside of your life and saying to yourself, "How did I get here?"

Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

Do you ever wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and think, something's not accurate?

What am I doing here?