
Christian Slater opens up about 'weird' reality of fame after 5 decades in Hollywood
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"Heathers" star Christian Slater celebrates his new Hollywood Walk of Fame star, calling it "a wonderful ending to a chapter" while Sarah Michelle Gellar praises his cultural impact
"Fame is always weird. It’s always a weird thing, and right now it feels like a nice level. I mean, this is humbling. It gives me the opportunity to be thrilled and also walk all over myself, so I think it’s great." Lori Bashian is an entertainment production assistant for Fox News Digital.
"It’s tricky. There’s cameras everywhere, you’re really a lot more under the microscope than you were, so it’s got its fair share of challenges to deal with," he explained. "Fame is always weird. It’s always a weird thing, and right now it feels like a nice level. I mean, this is humbling. It gives me the opportunity to be thrilled and also walk all over myself, so I think it’s great."
While fame can be a strange road to navigate, Slater said he feels "very lucky that I get to do something that I truly love to do" and that he hopes his love for his career creates a "snowball effect" which continues to bring him "the opportunity to work with better and better people and just have more and more fun."