Melanie Laurent Quotes

I'm quite tired, so when 'Dancing On Ice' is over I need a good holiday.

On my real vacations, I meet up with friends and we go for walks on the beach. We stroll through old cities, swim in the sea, and take afternoon naps. We shop, lunch, and, yeah, drink.

I don't like lying around on the beach. I like to be busy.

I always try to have a vacation.

I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.

I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.

I really do not like more than a week or two of down time.

I love walks, hiking, exploring and being on the beach.

One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it's tedious and monotonous. You're bored sometimes, so you really have to make the fun in your head.

I can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions.

I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.

If I have free time, I want to go to the beach, walk around a shopping mall, go grocery shopping. Live a little bit of life.

Miami's great. I love going there for a weekend of fun.

Travelling helps me rejuvenate and de-stress.

Work is important, but you also need to disconnect, to unplug at times, in order to be even more concentrated when you do work.

My first thought for the off season is to go somewhere hot and on the beach.

I have a knack for always ending up in L.A. whenever I have some days off, because I really like going there... and I really like hanging out on the beach and all the hiking and opportunities and things you can do outside.

All I need for a perfect holiday is sun and some peace and quiet. Those make for perfect book-writing conditions.

When I work, I work non-stop and so hard that I barely get time to see anything but the set and home. So whenever I am done with one show, I go into my globetrotter mode and just pick a place and disappear for a while.

I'm bored, normally, when I travel.

The beach is not the place to work; to read, write or think.

When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.

I love to travel. During normal workdays, sometimes it feels like I have to bludgeon ideas out of my soul - but when I'm traveling, relaxed and unpressured, the ideas just spill out.

People travel because it's a treat. For me, staying at home is a treat.

We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.