Christian Slater Quotes

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

As you get older, you look at things differently.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom.

Some days, you feel like a 22-year-old and some days you feel like a 40-year-old.

I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.

The older I get, the more relaxed I am.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

Oh my gosh, I'd give so much advice to a younger version of myself. I would say it really does get better as you get older. The things that mean so much, the things that seem like, you know, it's going to cause the end of the world, are all things that I've already forgotten.

Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.

I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

When we're 16, we have lots of heavy thoughts. And these are the heavy thoughts, where, when we're in our 30s, we look at 16-year olds and sort of scorn it.

18 to 19 is definitely a brilliant age. Equally, 50 or 60 should be good. Everything is done; you can relax a bit.

People say you become more cynical as you get older. That hasn't been my experience.

Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older because it's fun!