Kate Atkinson Quotes

I just want to make sure I have a sense of balance between work and life, because work is my life and the lines can get really blurry.

I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for.

I've got a clear line between work and real life.

I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.

Life is too short to work so hard.

For me, work is one thing, and my life is another.

I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.

I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.

I can't work all day and then go home and hang out with the same people. I don't want everything to revolve around the entertainment business. Yes, that's my career, but it's not my life.

My work is my work and my life is my life.

So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.

My professional life shouldn't be an influence on whether I spend time at home. My career is my whole life's blood. It's my calling.

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

My life is basically my work.

I don't live for my work. My life is my life. That's more important, and I think that helps my work.

I tend to try and really separate my work from my real life.

You can maintain work-life balance even while pursuing careers.

Your profession should give you enjoyment, but it should never be your life.

I have a very clear separation between my life and my work.

It's a balance - sometimes you have to concentrate on your home life, and sometimes you have to concentrate on your work life.

I feel like if you have balance in life, you have to be consumed by your job because, ultimately, it will never be a job; it will never be something that you feel you're working on.

I've got a great life. It's a shame the work gets in the way of the golf, really.

My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life.

My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.