Joss Whedon Quotes

Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

Every season, we spend what really should be our hiatus, and what really should be me relaxing on a beach, planning out the whole season.

Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind.

Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different.

I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.

I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.

It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.

The breaks you take from work pay you back manifold when you return because you come back with a fresher mind and newer thinking. Some of your best ideas come when you're on vacation.

I rarely go into a shop on holiday, because fashion and design are what I'm involved in every day. I need another world.

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

But I did have two months off between Loser and the start of Prozac Nation. So, it was supposed to be Jason time, right? My time to enjoy myself away from movies.

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.

When people are sat quietly for 20-25 minutes per frame, they should be allowed to let their hair down at the end of it.

I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.

I'm a believer in the nap. I don't care what it is. 15 minutes. Five hours. If you know someone's going to come back and come to work.

Once I did a film like 'Verna,' which was emotionally draining, I knew I needed to do something lighter and entertaining.

I like to come home and completely forget about work.

I don't get to do that very often so to just have a completely free evening where your mind is relaxed enough to read a book is exquisite.

Everyone needs to take a vacation from the sort of automatic things you do.

It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.