Christian Slater Quotes

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a song, I could probably express it in my real life, too.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally.

I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree.

My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me.

People probably thought I was scary, but I was just uncomfortable with attention and tended to be a little closed off, except with friends. I learned to embrace the attention.

I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

I struggle to come up to people and say what I think.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

I'm socially awkward in life, and that's one of the reasons why I do what I do. I'm more about interpreting other people's words.

The thing for me is that my natural state is to be reserved and not share.

I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.

I've always been very shy and sheltered; I think it was a good way of starting to communicate with people. I was taught as a child never to talk about myself, never to talk about my emotions. Of course, now I talk about myself constantly. Now I have to take reverse est.

I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.

Socially, I think I'm quite comfortable; I enjoy chatting to people... but I do have my quirks.

But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.