Tom Cairney Quotes

My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story.

There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's really different. I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've worked with guys who have been pouring wells of emotion. So emotional availability is not a gender-specific thing.

I had no trouble with strangers finding out about my anxiety. It was my friends and colleagues I was concerned about.

If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.

The idea that you've been friends for your whole life and then suddenly the other person becomes your job - it would be so weird. It would be hard not to become massively resentful.

A lot of people have jobs where they don't necessarily love the people they work with, it's just a part of life. That's not the person you'd hang out with in real life.

I try to limit my time with Michael Davies to as little as possible per week, and he is pretty good with that, since he has a bazillion things to do. When I do see him, I try not to talk about dental work or anything like that because I know the Brits get very sensitive.

It is a weird job where you can kiss someone at work then go back to your loved ones and it's all ok.

I'd learned a long time ago that one of the finest weapons in my arsenal was my ability to invade personal space

The easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends.

I have no interest in having my wife as my manager and I don't think she has to because it would be kind of cliche. It's almost in the line of expectations where it's like, oh of course you're going to put them together, and I don't want that.

I got into a habit really early about not talking about work, ever.

People deal with grief in many different ways. And some people in show business parade their relationships around like an accessory, and others like to keep it separate from business and commerce. It's perfectly fine to say, 'I actually don't want to talk about my love because that's not part of the fantasy world I created in commerce.'

I believe that your personal life does not have anything to do with your professional life.

People always ask me if I'm best friends with everyone I work with in telly - but no, not everyone you work with is your friend.

What is offensive is different for everyone.

I got 'Power' on my own through my agent and my team. I didn't know 50 until I got on the show. Because my character is so close to his, we spent a lot of time as friends. But even in that, I didn't really bring up music to him because I saw how everybody else was bringing up music to him.

When a woman goes to work they don't want to date their boss.

When I came down south and was put together with big producers, I always thought that they knew best. I never thought for a minute that they might have another agenda.

It's hard to mix work and love.

We've all been there, right? When you meet someone personally and then you find yourself working with them professionally, it's awkward.

I don't mind talking about my professional career, but I hate interviews if I have to answer a stupid question about personal matters.

I would never interrogate a child or a spouse the way I would a litigant. People wouldn't want to be around you. You'd wind up all alone on an island.

I said 'no' nine times when Kanye asked me to work with him because I liked being friends with him. Then he put me in a position where I couldn't say no: He just told everyone I was his manager.

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you.