Jerry Spinelli Quotes

Sunday is the only day where I can kind of do my own thing and not have it dictated by the news cycle.

If I'm filming, and I have a day off, I'll just sit at home, read, take baths, chill out, and not go anywhere.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing.

You know what I want to do? Wake up one weekend and not have to go anywhere and do nothing.

It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.

You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.

I'm mostly pretty quiet on the weekends. I either read or visit friends or go hiking or something like that.

I'm very good at having time off. I tend to take whole years off - I had 1994 and 1997 off. I find it very easy; I just love pottering around doing normal things.

The moment I am off the field, it's my personal time.

If we're not shooting, if we're not filming, if you're not standing on the soundstage, turn off your phone and go live your life.

I really like to have a moment alone at the house, either in the morning or when I come home from work, when I can just zone out at my computer, relax, stare out the window, get into a 'Game of Thrones' episode, go up on my roof, whatever, then go out to dinner.

I try and have two to four days a month to just be at home.

You gotta really enjoy off days.

To just slow yourself down, just to not do anything and drive around - I'm not like that. I'm not here to fill up the field.

I'm so busy during my everyday, when I go on vacation I need to pull the plug like they say, and to do nothing.

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

I film so much and I'm working so much that when I do get even a Saturday or a Sunday off, I just literally watch movies or sleep or hang out with my close friends and relax.

Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That's how I unwind.

And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.

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.

You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free time I just kind of lay back and relax because this atmosphere is so busy and stressful, so anytime I can sleep, you'd best believe I'm sleepin'.

I try to get massages on Saturday. That's my only day off.