Lauren Ambrose Quotes

Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.

It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.

After filming I like to go home and lie down with my daughter and have a glass of wine so I don't really socialize with the other actors.

I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.

I don't usually have time for TV. When I get home at night, I just want to fall asleep.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

We need leisure ... because with us every man is of the ruling class.

I sort of spend every moment that I'm not working doing things with my son. You do the best you can, and you make the most of the time you have.

I don't feel the pressure and stress of having to be a comic in a club every night. I accomplished a lot of things; I did lot of things, and I don't feel like I'm missing out when I am home with my son.

When I am shooting a film, and it has a big schedule, I make sure that I take a week off with the family. It gives you new energy.

I tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.

There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.

I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.

During the season, most of my time to unwind is in my car ride home. When I get home, it's being with my kids.

While I am training, I don't go out for events, so rest days, in a way, take away that time. Apart from that, I just stay at home and rest, maybe relax at home and spend time with family.

I work in the studio all day, and then I go for a walk with my dog, listening to music on headphones. And Saturday and Sundays, work is strictly out of bounds. It has to be.

When I get out of the studio, I want to disconnect from music. I would rather spend time with my family or watch a movie. I cannot take any more music.

For me, it is important to get away from football, to calm down, relax, and have fun with family and friends.

I got two young kids, so as much as I train a lot, free time is spent with my kids.