Dave Morin Quotes

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

It is a rather curious thing to have to divide one's life into personal and official compartments and temporarily put the personal side into its hidden compartment to be taken out again when one's official duties are at an end.

There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.

I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.

I've always been able to keep my private life separate from my business.

I wish over the years I had kept my private life private and my professional life a little more professional.

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

When I'm at home, I don't discuss business. I don't talk business. I don't answer the phone. It's just me, my wife, my children, my dogs. That's my world.

My career is an open book, but my life is not.

I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.

I always sleep on my own. I can't sleep with somebody else. Always separate bedrooms, bathrooms and closets. I'm very individual and I want my own space.

Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.

I'm standing behind a wall of jokes. You don't know about my personal life, my girlfriends, or what I do when I'm not on the road. There's this guy, this comedian, and this is how he thinks, but people really don't know anything about me.

At some level I've got to have a private life.

When I'm by myself, I'm really cool and nice to everyone, but then the whole paparazzi thing? If you see me with my kids, I change.

I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.

I don't like to mix my personal and professional life. Both are different, and I don't mix it.

I have my family life and I think it's important to be able to shut the door and keep the door shut, and that keeps you grounded. You stay in reality.

I try to separate my modelling work from my school life because I don't want people to think of me differently or that I am a certain way because of it.

I carry both a Blackberry and an iPhone. But for my job, the iPhone is essential because of picture-taking and because of picture sharing.

Even though I'm a free spirit, I like to keep my friends and my lovers separate. I have extraordinary friends, but I don't want to see them naked.

I don't want Democrats in the boardroom and I don't want Republicans in the bedroom.