Srikumar Rao Quotes

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me.

There is not a lot of separation between work and home life.

Life is too short to work so hard.

I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.

For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.

I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.

I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie a year.

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life.

I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist?

My professional life shouldn't be an influence on whether I spend time at home. My career is my whole life's blood. It's my calling.

A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if you're rehearsing, you're working like from 11 to 6 or 11 to 5 and you get to have your whole morning and your whole evening. When you're doing the play, you have all day.

As an actress, I get plenty of drama in my professional life. When I'm at home, I want a peaceful life.

My life is really quite conservative. I've been married nearly 50 years. I don't have hobbies or children. I don't much care to travel. I've never had a big social life. I really just stay home, except when I go to work.

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for.

I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series.

The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

My life is basically my work.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much.

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.