Words matter. These are the best John Slattery Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’ve done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You’re young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.
I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.
I think I gravitate towards people who express themselves in a simple and funny way.
I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.
I’ve dyed my hair a million times and it looks terrible, always. It just looks fake. And it doesn’t make me look that much younger.
I’ve never directed anything before ‘Mad Men,’ so I don’t feel I have any advice for the other directors.
And I don’t want to jump out of an airplane – I’ve done that.
I think the ongoing discussion of the world of advertising is, ‘Where is the soul in advertising?’
My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.
You learn pretty quickly: if you fall in love with your edit, you’re bound to be heartbroken because it will all be re-cut.
Let’s face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.
For some reason surfing… I’m not scared of the ocean so the risk doesn’t seem as great to me.
When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.
When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that I was offered.
I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It’s really risky.
Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that’s often why they don’t match when we’ve shared the same experiences with someone.
But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.
I like to try the scene over and over, but given the confines of television, I don’t have that option.
On ‘Mad Men,’ I have a bit of an advantage because I know who gets better as they repeat a scene and who’s best at the beginning.
Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can’t take their eyes off of him.
