I think, a lot of times in a big city, you're working even when you're not.
I work all the time. Seven days a week.
I basically hit the deck running as soon as I wake up and don't turn my brain off till long after the lights are out.
All my life, Sundays have been a working day.
When you're out on the road touring and touring and then making records, you're just constantly looking forward, constantly working. You don't really stop to look at where you are or where you've been.
Since the moment I joined with Nightwish, I have been working non-stop.
I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.
I'd rather be busy, working non-stop, than being bored at home, you know?
One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a great day and get great ratings, but then you've got another show to do - whatever moment of success or happiness you have you've got to keep grinding it out for the next day.
To gain India's freedom, the capacity for suffering must go hand in hand with the capacity for ceaseless labour.
You wrestle one night, get up the next morning and fly out to the next city. You try to work out, you try to get some food into you and, lo and behold, you have to go work again. You are living out of a suitcase.
It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.
When I do films, I get off-days. But, in theatre, there are back-to-back shows with non-stop rehearsals. It's too scary a thought.
There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day.
I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you.
In our business, it's hard to look at anything in retrospect and look at your accomplishments because you're so busy thinking about the next week. What we do is 52 weeks a year.
All of a sudden I was living what is perceived to be the model life. It was just full-on, 24 hours a day. It was work all the time. And there's always a party to go to.
It's a great experience as an actor to just work loads all the time. Constantly getting through material.
Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.
