Fred Armisen Quotes

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

I have a crazy amount of different jobs, so the way I manage that is to not do more than one at a time. It's like old computers that had small memory chips, they would do something called swapping, where they would fill the memory with one task, do it and get it out.

I'll always be working on five things at once, usually with those documents open at the same time because if I get stuck somewhere I'll jump over to something else. That's how my head has always worked.

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.

Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

When people look at all the things I do, they say it's overwhelming, but I don't feel overwhelmed. I get it done. I'm very organized, and it's all tied together.

Don't agonise, organise.

Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

I don't have the time to be bored.

Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.

I seem to have a one-track mind. When I was having babies, I did nothing else. When I do pictures, I go all out. I really think it is easier to manage my seven. You can't afford to humor each one of them. They have to learn to do things when they are told.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.

I am methodical to the point of being obsessive-compulsive. And I have always been good at multi-tasking.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.