(explaining why, in 2000, he chose to put the words "Tony Slattery says sorry to all the people he's neglected to cherish" up in Piccadilly Circus))
Tony: I'll never wipe the slate clean after all the terrible things I did during the bad times, but it's a start.
(on why suicide wasn't the answer to his problems)Tony: It's not courageous to take your own life, it's cowardly. I didn't want to leave those I love - who had shown me so much kindness - grieving. So, that morning about a year ago, I made the decision to live. I wanted to go on, to achieve something. Also I was broke. I wondered what I'd been doing, there had been so much waste. It is so easy to hate yourself. Now I'm learning to love. It's tricky, but I'm getting there.
(at a sale of "Spitting Image" puppets in 2001, Tony had an ulterior motive for wanting to buy his own puppet)Tony: My passport is up for renewal soon, and I will try to use a picture of the puppet for my passport photo.