Ian Somerhalder Quotes

We don't get concerned with stuff like pressure. We just do what makes us feel good.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

I am just relaxing and enjoying myself, doing what I always did.

I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.

I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.

The main reason I did 'Captain America' was because I wanted to get out of my own head and stop taking my work so seriously.

It's nice if people can finally loosen up a little bit and just go out laugh at silliness. I mean, people take themselves way too seriously sometimes.

My work is like my vacation, so in a way every day is like Saturday.

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don't get so worked up about things.

I think sometimes I should do more carousing, because I don't do much and maybe it would be fun occasionally. It's hard for me to have fun and I'm a serious thinker and a searcher and funny from the front.

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.

I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'

Free time keeps me going.

Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens.

Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

Almost everyone who reaches a plateau where he or she is happy and comfortable says it's because of finding balance between work, relaxation, exercise, socialising and family - plus some alone time to do something contemplative, creative, or educational.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

I want to sit and be less career oriented. Snowboard, dirt bike, mountain bike, surf. Just be human. To me, that's an important part of life.

After a long day at work, I want someone to come home, turn on my video and think, 'Oh my God, how girls get ready? This is hilarious. I love this; I'm forgetting about all my problems.'

Work and play go hand in hand. A lot of people want to work, work, and work until 40, and then relax. Who says you'll get to 40? Or 50? Who knows what'll happen in the next five minutes? The only reality is the present. And if you can't learn to live in the moment, you'll never be content.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.

You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.