Frank Vogel Quotes

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

If I have one thing on in a week, I find it very difficult to get back to work that week. I need a lot of dreaming time.

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

I do not need any rest. I enjoy my work, and at work, I rest. I rest with my good work.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I think I've learned not to take everything so seriously and just try to focus on the work the most.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

You need balance in your life all-around. When you find that balance and relax and get away from the game a little bit - and when you come back, you just go that much harder.

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job.

I'm not a workaholic!

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

People often get very entangled in their work and life, so de-stressing is very important to keep generating fresh ideas and provide satisfaction with one's activities.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in 'True Lies', she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.