Seth MacFarlane Quotes

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

I think sometimes I don't realise how much the pressure gets to me.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

Stress is a killer.

Some days, I get overwhelmed and a bit breathless... I've probably cried at work, but I'm limited with my crying: I'm the boss; I'm not really allowed to cry at work.

You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected because you keep trying to have it all - or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it's not working. The way out? Work more.

These people that are in consuming jobs - you forget to do one thing. And that's to take care of yourself.

I got a lot happening, a whole lot, and it's not always easy being me.

You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.

I just can't operate with any direct awareness of the pressures I might be under.

Being a football manager is no fun at all. You have to put up with all the hassle. It is not surprising that so many turn grey or have heart attacks.

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.

I'm working myself to death.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it.