Will Arnett Quotes

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

I think people come home, and they turn on the TV and don't necessarily want a mirror in their face. They want to escape.

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.

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.

Pop music for me was definitely escapist, but never studious.

I need distractions. Good distractions, not bad ones. A good distraction for me is a great play.

I understand what's it like to work all week and on Friday night just want to go and leave your brain at the door, buy some popcorn and be thrilled by something.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

Everybody in the world has problems, and the nice thing about entertainment is you get to forget about those problems and have a good time for a couple of hours.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

It strikes me that golf's great virtue is that it gets you out of the house, away from everyday bothers, away from the endless round of looking for this, that and the other.

I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.

I think people watch TV to escape from life.

Music can be a source of escapism.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

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

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.

I absolutely love reading; it is a fantastic way of unwinding.

The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror.

I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey.'

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

My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games. I know that's kind of hard to fathom.

PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.