Jennifer Ehle Quotes

I'd like to settle down eventually, but acting is emotionally draining.

I think a lot of times people who jump from one movie to another don't enjoy their private life. It's a great way to escape reality. But I enjoy my life.

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

You have your personal life and you have work life; when it's combined, it's difficult.

There is a time and place for publicity, but to stay a sane person, you must have a personal life.

Of course I have a personal life.

It's all so personal, isn't it? It's hard to talk about work without talking about things that are personal. Work is personal. I don't want to talk about my personal life, but it's on my mind, and it's in my work.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Life is stressful.

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind of personal life, can really be terrible.

I do not separate my job and my personal life; therefore, I never work and never rest.

I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.

I always do a mental audit at the end of the week to make sure I'm balancing time between my career and my personal life.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.

It's really important that I have a personal life.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.