Deidre Hall Quotes

I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.

I just love to work and spend time with my family. And that's the reason I don't look at the length of the role, but what it has to offer me.

I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.

I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

You go to work, tape five shows in one day and then go home and play golf for the rest of the week and then start the week all over. I thought if something like that came along, I'd love to do that.

My work is a love for me; I'd do it for free, but don't tell my bosses.

I have a lot of friends who get up most mornings and go to jobs they absolutely hate. I don't think that's what life is about and I'm so fortunate that I actually love what I do.

And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.

I will say that I've been lucky enough never to have to do a job I didn't want to do, or a play I wasn't in love with.

I am in the position where I don't have to work for the sake of working, so I'm very lucky, in a sense. So, I can always sit back and wait for a project that I respond to, that I want to do.

At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.

You'll never see me working five days a week again.

I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom. I feel lucky because I have the luxury of working only one or two days a week.

I guess I don't really believe in retirement. I believe in shorter days and maybe in weekends!

I love having time to prepare my lines and more time off.

I've got a bread maker, so sometimes I make my own. That's what's lovely about not working full-time: I can bake bread.

I like working. But now I have a deal with my wife that I take a half-day off each week.

I don't think I've worked a day in my life.

Even when I was working at The Village Voice, I only put in about 20 hours at the office.

People shouldn't choose their careers on whether it's cool or not. They should choose their careers on, 'Are they good at it, do they love it, is it going to give them a good life?'

I was always looking to be entertained. We lead such full lives and a lot of us don't lead very pleasant lives and don't like what we do... My dad worked his whole life as a salesman and that wasn't what he really wanted to do. He looked forward to two weeks vacation every year and he used to say to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure you do something you really like so you don't just have your vacation to look forward to.' And I love movies.

It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

We have to work for a living, but it is your life, so make sure you find something that you enjoy doing and people that you enjoy doing it with. Then, hopefully, you'll have a happy life.