John Slattery

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

— John Slattery

Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can't take their eyes off of him.

— John Slattery

When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that…

— John Slattery

And I don't want to jump out of an airplane - I've done that.

— John Slattery

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see…

— John Slattery

For some reason surfing... I'm not scared of the ocean so the risk doesn't seem as great to me.

— John Slattery

I've dyed my hair a million times and it looks terrible, always. It just looks fake. And it doesn't make me look…

— John Slattery

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

— John Slattery

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…

— John Slattery

The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go.

— John Slattery

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

— John Slattery

I used to be more insecure about working, and I guess the older I get, the more rich my life becomes, I…

— John Slattery

The path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

— John Slattery

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

— John Slattery

We all went through that teen phase of wearing that really soft fragrance. As I got older, I started loving men's fragrances…

— John Slattery

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five…

— John Slattery

I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost…

— John Slattery

You put a movie star or a bunch of movie stars in a movie, it doesn't mean people are gonna go see…

— John Slattery

I like to try the scene over and over, but given the confines of television, I don't have that option.

— John Slattery

A painting can't be everything. You have to stop, at some point. It has to be finished, if you want anyone to…

— John Slattery

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had…

— John Slattery

I don't have to worry about how my movies sell because I'm not the guy in front.

— John Slattery

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…

— John Slattery

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

— John Slattery

When I was growing up, the top movies dealt with grown-up, complex emotions.

— John Slattery