Quotes About Balance

There' s a duality in myself, and it's also what I try and instill in my roles.

Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.

Nature does not compartmentalise. Its instinct is integrative and holistic.

As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous 'instinct for happiness' is never the whole story.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

Your instinct when someone is busy is to give them the least amount of work so that they can do it.

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

My instincts are conservative, but my inclinations are also libertarian.

Some people will say about me, 'If he was more serious he would play much better tennis.' But I would be different. Maybe I would not have my instincts right. And if I'm too crazy, it's not good either. So the balance is never easy to find. I am as I am.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.

My dad's a surfer-psychologist, and my mother's an actress-fitness instructor, and we all practice Buddhism.

There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your instrument and not cross over to that tasteless place.

When I'm not boxing, I play instruments.

I don't think about being the Colin Firth of the gardening world. I live a very insular world based around my family and my home, and to them I'm not the Colin Firth of anything.

All I do is I have this insulated life with my wife and my daughter and a couple of friends who I try to see, but it doesn't even happen.

I know the food groups that I like to have and are good for me and those that I have to stay away from. And so, I don't need to know exactly what I'm going to eat, but I take my insulin probably 20 minutes before I'm going to sit down.

It's a good idea to have your career intact and then have children.

The best thing you can do for yourself is lower your meat intake, so I try to do one day a week meatless.

When I am in Kolkata, I can't resist the food. I eat everything, but I measure my food intake.

How do you cut off the human side and just maintain being professional? So what I've done is I've incorporated that with Kojak - there's times when he allows the human condition, the human experience, to integrate into him as a professional.

I want to be an integrated woman.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

Integration is a give and take.