Karen Carney Quotes

I don't believe in overdoing myself.

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

I think we could all do better sometimes of not overextending ourselves as much.

I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.

In 2015, I told my band that I was taking a break so I could focus on my home life, go back to school, and try to remember what it was like to feel like a human being again.

At times, you get going and you think you need to work, work, work, and your body is going to get fatigued at some point.

If you're running on fumes, you get to a point of diminishing results. Get some rest.

I'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.

All my friends and peers keep asking me when I'm going to rest - I just tell them it's another dirty four-letter word!

It's about not going to the well all the time. The body has limits. The mind has limits, too.

It's a marathon, not a sprint. I actually feel like I come to work stronger when I've had a little time on the weekend to step away from it and enjoy my family and other things. I come back energized. If people think they're going to work 24/7, week in and week out, they're not bringing their full strength to the table.

I think you have to go and fill your cup and do so diversely; otherwise, then you burn out.

Sometimes it helps to take a couple days off, as weird as that sounds. Every once in a while, I could just shoot so many shots. You can get so, like, intense with it all. It's like in life, right? We're all created for a sabbath day or for a day of rest. You sometimes need that in shooting, too.

I think we all get a bit bogged down in our lives and our own careers and we have to take a step back and get a sense of proportion and perspective on things.

When it's time to recharge, I don't feel guilty about it.

I try to only go out twice a week. More than that would leave me feeling pretty run down.

Faith, family, and fitness - that's the order I try to keep things in.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.

I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.

I'd got to a point where I wanted a break.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

A star needs all the rest she can get.

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.