Christian Slater Quotes

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

I enjoy acting, and I would love to do a play in the future.

I did as much theater as I could. I worked at a theme park and a Bible theater and a community theater.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

I like actors - I used to be one.

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

The stage is my first love.

If theatre paid as well as movies and TV, I'd do it all the time.

I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

That was my original dream, anyway, to be on stage. I think the stage is an actor's place because actors, it belongs to you.

In live stage, the actor lives.

I would love to have the opportunity to do a play.

I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life.

Theater is something that as a performance artist you have to hate.

I was in a play with Julia Roberts and Paul Newman and Tony Randall.

My first major role was in a play called 'Through the Leaves.'