The tense is wrong. You're not slipping. You've slipped.

5 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:30:34 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Mmm... Er, let's wait and talk business at the office, Norman, hm?

- Didn't they like me?

- Well, maybe the part wasn't just right.

- It was the best part of the year.

- Now, look here. Do you...? Do you think I'm slipping?

- Norman, can you take it?

- Go ahead.

- The tense is wrong. You're not slipping. You've slipped.

- Well, my fan mail's still pretty big.

- Fans'll write anybody for a photograph. It only costs three cents for the stamp. That makes photographs cheaper than wallpaper.

- But every quarter they pay for a theater ticket buys them the right to be a critic.

- And your last few performances, Norman, haven't pleased your critics.

[...]