Claire Tomalin Quotes

I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

When I go home, all I wanna do is just sleep and eat.

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don't know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for or know how to deal with as a human being.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.

When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.

I don't usually have time for TV. When I get home at night, I just want to fall asleep.

President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.

Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?

Obviously, I'm very happy when one of my films becomes a blockbuster. However, after a point, I want to switch off. I have learnt to just move on. Too much pressure can make you wrong.

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

The worst manifestations of exhaustion were successfully cured by a long period of rest but it was immediately apparent to me that I had lost once and for all my former capacity for carrying out experimental work until physically tired.

Don't keep your own schedule - that will eat too much of your time keeping your own schedule. And when you are tired, stop. Because if you are too tired, you become not productive, and you are wasting time.

When I get time off, my brain is just, that's it. I sit. I veg. People will think that I'm upset or not happy, but I'm just exhausted. I'm just zoned out.

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV.

We'd tour for a year and a half and do an album and then tour for another year and a half and do another album. We thought we were invincible, but someone should have said, 'You guys need to take a little time off.'

Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move.

Like every normal working person, you get tired and need time out.