Michael Rosenbaum Quotes

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

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.

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 think people watch TV to escape from life.

The guilty pleasure I miss most when I'm out slogging on the campaign trail is the chance to sprawl on the chaise and watch a vacuously spunky and generically sassy chick flick.

Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.

Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained.

Weekends are sacred for me. They're the perfect time to relax and spend time with family and friends.

I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun is just to watch a lot of bad TV. That's how I relax and stay in touch with modern culture.

There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.

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

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

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

Usually I'll go to San Diego to hang out with my parents if I want to unwind.

Club culture is about leaving your cares behind, and I am trying to create that environment.

'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

I have learned that I must take a holiday at least once each year if I want to survive!

We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes.

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.

We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything.

I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.

I have never in my life found myself in a situation where I've stopped work and said, 'Thank God it's Friday.' But weekends are special even if your schedule is all over the place. Something tells you the weekend has arrived and you can indulge yourself a bit.