Travis Fimmel Quotes

I work six months and get three or four with the family.

You see I'm semi-retired now and don't work all the time, only most of it!

For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something's coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you're going to have a job later.

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.

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

I think people overplay the 'Saturday Night Live' schedule. I mean, yeah, it can be some late hours. But the late hours are usually only one or two nights out of the week. You might have a crazy six-day week, but you'll work three weeks, and then you get a week off work. I'd take most jobs if it was hard work and then I got a week off.

Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year.

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

A television job that's working is the best job in the world.

I wanted to stay on TV because I've got kids who are school-aged, so I get to see them most days as opposed to going away for movies months and months at a time.

I want a job where I work for eight months, then do nothing for four.

As an actor, I'm in such a privileged position because my work is job by job. If something doesn't fit in with family life, there's more flexibility.

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

A lot of people live much more simply than in the old days. That doesn't bother me. Keeping busy is the problem. Television guest shot fees are going down. You can do a dozen guest shots a year, but you're not making that much money.

There are very few groups that really stay together. The leaders of groups make enough money to be able to afford to work a maximum of 35-40 weeks a year.

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job and go to work feeling secure because I'm with a family.

For an actor, to go to work every day is a really rare occurrence. You may work on a film for three months max, and then you're off, so you have to find another job and then work another three months.

The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.

I love voiceovers. You get to show up for half a day and pay your mortgage. How great is that?

I'm very happy, safe, and secure with television industry. I'm not over-ambitious.

I love being part of this industry, but at the end of the day, it is a job, and I like to have a life beyond films.

As an actress, weekends can be spent working, but my husband, Ryan, works regular hours as an analytics manager for L'Oreal.

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.