Mariella Frostrup Quotes

Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.

We have stay-in date nights where we make a plan to watch certain TV shows together. 'Survivor,' for example, is our favorite show. And I make a healthy dinner and we sit down and it's our date. I love it.

My wife and I have our date nights. We love the Showtime shows like 'Shameless,' 'Homeland' and 'House of Lies.' And of course, 'Scandal' is high on the list; you've got to do 'Scandal.'

If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with me, that's good. I don't think there are many guys that's fun for. It's a lot to ask.

Date night is important, even if it's going to Schlotzsky's.

I think dates considered super corny and cheesy - whether it's going bowling or miniature golf or something where you can be competitive and just have fun with each other - those always make the most memorable dates!

I like to play board games a lot with my girl, things like that. We attempt to cook. And even if it goes wrong, it doesn't matter because it's the time you spend doing it that's important.

People talk about 'date night,' and it is true: Sometimes you have to apply yourself, or at least apply lipstick to yourself. You kind of have to dress up, just because. You know, wear heels to your own dinner table.

My husband's idea of a date night somehow always involves me looking at one of his development sites.

Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation.

For most people, hobbies are not something we can take up full-time.

I think every couple should find an artist that they dig together.

I have hobbies. I do all sorts of ridiculous things.

Everyone needs to find something they love to do - it's not about what they have to do. You need to make it fun! So if shopping is your love and you hate exercise, walk to the shops!

We [with husband] try and spend time alone, which is really hard to do. Of course, when you have kids they're like: "Why are you going out? You went out last night... you can't go out tonight!" so, you try to do that, and you try and ask somebody to please turn off the football game because you can't stand it any longer and you'd rather talk to them.You try to make time for each other where you can. You try to plan a trip away somewhere.

Certainly it's much more important for me to go to a good movie and spend a nice night with my wife than it is to listen to a specific piece of music.

I have a rule where once a week I have a date night with my wife, and that's the time when I put my phone away and have calls forwarded to my assistant in case of emergency.

Even if we're just watching HGTV with a glass of wine, that's date night at my house.

I'm a little more interested in smelling the roses, playing more golf and tennis and more cross-country skiiing and doing stuff with my kids.

I don't' really have lots of hobbies. I like to read and hang out with my family. I'm a pretty boring person beyond that.

When people ask me, 'What do you do for fun?' - it's my family. That's it.

My wife and I try to have a date night once a week. We schedule them all in advance.

A lot of the quote-unquote interests that I have are not really interests.

I like to do romantic things in New York. I have a bunch of restaurants that I love to go to and things like that.

I miss being able to just hang out with people and friends and grab ice cream or go to the cinema... the normal stuff.