Latest John Slattery Quotes from Interviews

• I used to be more insecure about working, and I guess the older I get, the more rich my life becomes, I don't need to work as much as I used to. I mean, New York is a hard town to be in when you have nothing else to do besides show business. It's brutal, especially as an actor, because you sit around with this low - grade fever of anxiety, waiting for the phone to ring. Or waiting for something.

  John Slattery

  Mean, Insecure, Waiting

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• I do voiceovers, but being on-camera and selling something? I wasn't really interested. And then I thought, well, wait a minute. Everybody's selling something. When you turn on the tube... And then if you go to Europe or Asia, everyone is selling something. All the guys that don't want to be seen selling something here are selling something there. So I thought what the hell?

  John Slattery

  Europe, Guy, Waiting

  Source: collider.com

• I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things.

  John Slattery

  Fashion, Crazy, Proud

  Source: www.elle.com

• I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit.

  John Slattery

  Heart, Kids, Eye

  Source: www.elle.com

• We all went through that teen phase of wearing that really soft fragrance. As I got older, I started loving men's fragrances and cologne. I was so attracted to men's cologne; I would spray it all over me.

  John Slattery

  Men, Phases, Fragrance

  Source: www.elle.com

• If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because something that you might call an imperfection, someone else might find so amazing and so beautiful. It's all in how you embrace yourself, your faults, and your mistakes in life. There's no better way to learn and become a better person than to go through those moments.

  John Slattery

  Beautiful, Mistake, Self Esteem

  Source: www.elle.com

• My mom used to wear the fragrance Poison when I was younger, and I remember that scent and the purple bottle. That was my first [perfume] memory.

  John Slattery

  Mom, Memories, Purple

  Source: www.elle.com

• The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

  John Slattery

  Over You, Get Over Yourself, Good Things

  Source: collider.com

• You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

  John Slattery

  Fighting, Needs

  Source: collider.com

• A painting can't be everything. You have to stop, at some point. It has to be finished, if you want anyone to see it. Some people just continue to work on things, forever. I don't know which is better.

  John Slattery

  People, Forever, Want

  Source: collider.com