Jane McGonigal Quotes

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

Music can be a source of escapism.

Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.

I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey.'

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything.

It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

For me, there have been times when an action movie, even a 'Tomb Raider,' has helped me get out of myself and be physical again. It's like therapy.

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel like it's irresponsible, I think sometimes you really need to take a breather.

For me, shopping is a way to unwind.

My favorite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower.

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 I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

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.

I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.

I think escapism is really important.

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

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.

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

My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.