Michael McKean Quotes

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.'

Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our pajamas, eating cereal straight out of the box and staring at the TV in a mild coma (which is the opposite of working, yes, but not exactly the same thing as pleasure).

Rest is not a word of free people. Rest is a monarchical word.

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

I'm lively when I perform and I always put everything into a show, but when I get home I love lying down in front of the TV and relaxing.

I am alone a lot, which is good. I need that time to just be alone after a long day, just decompress. So, I go to either my house or the hotel, or my apartment, or whatever - wherever I am, I go home and I watch TV and I sit there, with my cat, and I just watch TV or go online, check my emails.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

In this job, you're constantly surrounded by people. There are a lot of demands on your time. And I guess those moments when you can switch off and get away from it are really important.

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.

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

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

It is very important to take a break and feel fresh, which we Indian cricketers don't get much of, so we are not used to it.

I spend a lot of time reading and try to make sure that I can get a little bit of alone time every day.

I didn't expect to enjoy my work as much as I do and when you enjoy something it's hard to say no. But I could sit on the sofa and do nothing for weeks. I'd watch telly, I'd eat, I'd go online, I'd be so happy!

I can't relax. I don't have any hobbies.