Bruce McGill Quotes

I can't do back-to-back films.

Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.

I didn't see myself doing TV. It's time-consuming.

One of the reasons I didn't really want to do TV earlier in my career was because it is so life-consuming, and I wanted to spend time with my kids and be a mother.

My work schedule doesn't always accommodate my workout schedule, but I make do with what time I've got.

Although I have a busy work schedule, I make sure I spend time with my family and create a balance between my work and family life.

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.

I've always thought I've got to work and I want to work. When I was younger I had friends who on a Saturday would be going out to the shops but I was working from 8.30am to 6.30pm. I w

The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming.

Acting in two films would mean four months of the year, which would leave eight months for me, and if Bollywood needs that time from me, I am ready to give it a shot.

I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don't have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems.

On a job, there's so much commitment you have to give, in regards to time, research... I like the tunnel vision of it that prevents anything else from getting in. The creativity and collaboration required there is very rewarding.

I basically work all the time.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

I have gone long stretches of working 60 to 80 hours per week.

I knew my priority was acting, and school came second. If I had an audition and meetings, I did the school work later.

It is true I work 16 hours a day.

It's just easy to be a mother and an actress in the same time: you just have to have a good organization, and everything is just fine.

I definitely devote so much more time to acting, but since it only takes a day or two to shoot and get pictures out - whereas for acting, you do an audition, or loads, and you might not get any of them - so I did the modeling stuff because, obviously, if I have the opportunity, I'm going to take it.

I cannot do more than two films at a time. I like to have a life besides films. That is very important to me.

I'm a big girl. I prioritize. I want to be acting, I want to be singing, but there will be time for that.

I used to work until two in the morning every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.

I arrange it by working four days away from home, and three days at home with the family, so I work four long days rather than five shorter. But it's hard because everything is on hold. We have to restore the family life during the weekends.