Hugh Dancy Quotes

If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

I am not one of those people who lives for work. I enjoy sculpting and photography and tennis and swimming. I simply do not have enough time. My life is not in control.

Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I'd be the only one who knew. People come over and I'm gonna say, "Go ahead, touch it... it feels real."

it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.

I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

I don't have a lot of hobbies. I don't play golf. I don't have any children. Things that occupy people's time. I just try to take jobs.

I'm actually very good with Home Depot-handy type of paintwork.

There's so much competition for leisure time, more than ever.

I realized how quickly you could eat up a lot of time and money if you weren't prepared.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

I like people to really get a feel for the house before they do anything to it.

I do house things. I paint. I do portraits. I also paint my house.

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun.

I have way too many hobbies. I play guitar, and my buddies and I record music in a studio in my house. I have a couple of vintage Jeeps I'm always working on, fixing up. And I ride horses - I grew up on a horse ranch - and play basketball. I need to cut back on my hobbies so I can work more.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.

People are looking around. They are looking to do something with their time and money. The question is, what?

I do get invitations all of the time to play actual fantasy football, by the way, but I get the feeling that I'd like it too much. I have enough demands on my time. My fans would kill me.

I'd been told, or warned, that when you paint one room, not only will it look nice, but it will also make the room next to it look as if raccoons have been living in it for the past decade.

If I ever buy a house and redo the bathroom, I'm putting urinals in there.

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

With my own home, I feel like I'm the mechanic who drives a crappy car. I never have time to work on my own home.

I go through stages with all kinds of stuff. There'll be a couple of months where I'm reading, you know, like, fiction mystery novels, and there'll be a couple more where I'll be redecorating a room in my house.

The biggest mistake that I see homeowners make all too often is not doing a proper inspection of the home and falling into a project that is a lot bigger than they probably anticipated or budgeted for.

You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything.