Rosamund Pike Quotes

The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.

Any rehearsal process - I find, anyway - does have quite an effect on me, and I very much live in that world for the whole period of time that I'm involved with the production. But normally, afterwards with a little bit of space, I can come right back out of it again.

While it's really hard to do, at the same time, I'm escaping my body, which I really want to do. I'm living someone else's life. I get very intensely into the story, into the interviews and the research. I'm experiencing things along with my subjects. I have a freedom I don't have in my physical life.

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'

There's always something going on, and people need that 45-minute-to-an-hour-and-15-minute break, where they just escape and not worry about bills, health care and God knows what. That, to me, is when you're making great music: when people can just forget about what's going on.

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.

I like to get far away from myself when I'm acting.

If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else.

There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.

I tell you one of the great things about this movie is, with all that's going on around the world right now, it's just good to go to a movie where you don't have to think too hard, just have a good time, and relax and be crazy.

For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life.

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it's nice to get away from it.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

I think I'd go mad if I didn't have a place to escape to.

People who read on holiday always have a better time because it's total escapism, both physically and mentally.

Over the years I've had people tell me that they come to my show to escape.

You can go up in the air and everything is gone. You know, you don't think about baseball. You don't think about anything. It's just something that takes you away from everyday life. I love being in a plane and looking down to see traffic on the freeway.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. It's somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.

I always need to get away from whatever it is I've just finished, to feel a distance from it.