Christian Slater Quotes

If you cannot have fun on a set and enjoy what you're doing, you're better off giving it up.

I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all.

People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun.

Getting to make the music, and having a good time doing it, is the most important thing to us.

When you like something, it's not work, it's a pleasure.

You have to have the fire in your belly. I'm having more fun now with acting than I did when I first started out, because I'm doing it just because I really enjoy it. I'm not trying to "make it" anymore. I'm not trying to be anything, you know? The biggest this and that for anybody. I'm just enjoying it.

Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.

There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like - they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they pack these auditoriums and it's a lot of fun, man. It's like, this is how I started, and it's still fun for me.

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

I'm drawn to cinema, especially when you're on a project that feels like it's going to be a challenge.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Maybe I don't take myself quite as seriously as I used to, but the work has gotten better and more interesting, and I'm just having more fun. It's getting more and more fun with each role.

I want to do work, but I also want to have a good time.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

As soon as I had the camera in my hand for the first time, I just fell in love.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

I love making films more than anything, but it's tough.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Going to work is probably my favorite thing to do. I do that five days a week for probably ten hours a day, but it doesn't even feel like work and it shouldn't. When you enjoy a job so much like I do, it's not work, it's play.

When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.

It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do.

I love working! I'm a huge fan of TV and will be happy as long as I'm getting to be creative.

Turns out you have a really fun time if you go to work every day and focus on being silly and funny and happy!