Travis Fimmel Quotes

My mind wanders terribly. I'm not wholly annoyed by my daydreaming as it has been immense use to me as regards imaginative thought, but it doesn't help when it comes to concentration. And writing needs concentration - lots of it.

My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'

I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

No more than a surgeon can operate while tweeting can you reach your potential with one ear in, one ear out. You actually have to reacquaint yourself with concentration. We all do.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.

My attention span is very short.

Concentration may be my weak point.

I have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me.

I get in that zone, even if I'm relaxing or whatever, where I just zone out. I don't even hear anybody. You could ask me a question five times, and I don't even hear it.

Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly.

Of course, it would help if she could stay focused, but she had the attention span of a sick flea.’ (Sunshine)

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

A mind too active is no mind at all.

The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.

Attention is the material I work with.

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.

I tune everything out.