Matt Kemp Quotes

My life has always been compartmentalized into different aspects. I have my speed skating Olympic pursuits, I have my personal life and have my business life and have my entertainment - TV - Hollywood - whatever have you - always compartmentalizing every aspect of my life.

My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!

If I took my characters home with me, half of my life would be a misery, I think. No, I tend to compartmentalize work from my life. I'm not terribly method.

I always separated sports and my personal life.

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that.

I try to separate my personal life from swimming.

You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.

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.

I have this ability to really leave set and just cut off from it immediately.

I have always kept a pretty healthy separation between my work in my film and my life outside of it.

This is probably an asset that my wife hates, where you compartmentalize. Most times, I think it's an asset, where you can just sort of feel like you chop off one part of your brain to do the next thing that you've got to do.

I leave my emotions at home.

For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.

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

My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.

Each experience I go through - marriage, my public life, my personal life - I'm learning as I go.

My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life.

I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.

I'm good at separating my personal life from racing. When I'm at track, it's race time; when I'm away from it, other than the fact I'm training to be fit for it, there is nothing at home that makes me even want to think about racing. I just want to enjoy my life, and by the time the next race comes around, I'm ready and excited for it.

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.

I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.

Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.