Downtime Activities Quotes

When I have downtime, music is a big part of my life. Not so much singing, but I play the guitar.

The trouble when you have a job like mine is it's your social life as well, so I need to actually [find] something to do in my downtime when my kids are at school.

To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.'

I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of my downtime is devoted to that.

On 'Skins,' we only ever filmed for a couple of months in the summer. When I wasn't on set, I was doing my normal things.

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet.

I am not much of a TV addict, and if I have a day off, and I'm pottering around at home, I will always listen to Radio 4.

I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.

When I'm doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.A. and I'm like, 'I don't want to go to a club with you, dude. I mean, I think you're rad, and if you want to come play Scrabble with me, that's amazing.'

I don't watch a lot of TV, but I watch cartoons. And documentaries.

Because work takes up a lot of time, you have to choose your moments for really letting rip. I hang out with my friends and my family and I spend time with my kids when I'm not working. They don't see my being an actor as exotic. For them, it's just an everyday thing. Sometimes it's amusing to them and other times, embarrassing.

During long car rides to the set, after I study my script, I go onto my iPad to read books and play games.

Like most athletes, I like to go home and relax. I try not to bring the game home with me. I might play some video games that are, let's just say, for mature audiences only. And I might get some flak for this, but I like to watch 'Seinfeld.' Sometimes, laughter is the best medicine.

Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.

My mother used to work in a bank in Tokyo. It was a busy district, and after work, she used to go and watch films.

I'm a very creative person in general. I like to create stuff in my downtime off the court. If I were to tell you everything I do, you would be like, "Do you really play tennis?"

I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me.