Sam Heughan Quotes

People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

I like being alone. I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long.

I take alone time when I can.

I spend a lot of time reading and try to make sure that I can get a little bit of alone time every day.

Taking time for yourself is crucial when you're surrounded by people all day.

Taking lunch by myself every once in a while and slowing down - that helps me a lot.

In fact I try to spend at least one, if not two days without ever leaving my room. Because if I didn't, when would I recharge my batteries?

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

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.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.

I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.

I cherish my time off and the solitude that comes along with it.

I really like to have a moment alone at the house, either in the morning or when I come home from work, when I can just zone out at my computer, relax, stare out the window, get into a 'Game of Thrones' episode, go up on my roof, whatever, then go out to dinner.

I think you have to make time for yourself so that work doesn't become the end-all be-all.

I'm a workaholic, but I also like to vacation.

I don't think people take enough time to themselves or like to be alone anymore, but it's really important.

When I get some time off, I don't even want to see people half the time.

Sometimes I just need to be out in nature. It's amazing how much I need time on my own.

After a full morning working on 'TBC,' I don't feel like talking to any guys for a few hours.

There's a time in everybody's life they really don't want to talk to people: they want to get away from talking or being on the phone and stuff.