Cilla Black Quotes

It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them.

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

I think escapism is really important.

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

The show has become my therapy.

Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.

I haven't watched a lot of football at all. Easiest thing for me was to take my mind away from the game all together and focus on the things that I need to get right. And football wasn't one of those things.

Anything that can keep me distracted and from my own brain, it's good.

My go-to protective thing is isolation. It's turn off the phone, don't speak to anyone, lie in bed all day, and then maybe go out at night and do the same thing over again.

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

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.

When you're unhappy, you tend to play up, don't you?

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

I guess I need a hobby. Currently my primary hobby is complaining.

I take a breath when I have to.

I do become a recluse once in a while. It's so nice to just be at home and to not have to deal with the outside world.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.

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.

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.

The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror.

I play golf, and I play chess, and sometimes I go to the gym. On the airplane or between acts when I do the performance, I play Candy Crush to forget what happens around me, just to be alone, not thinking... You need to clear your brain.