Quotes About Priorities

If there is hockey or football and cricket on my television, I prefer to watch hockey.

There's a time and a place when it needs to be all about hockey. I don't think that's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. How you choose to spend that time when it's not all about hockey is completely up to you.

When I talk to younger actors, and young people in general, who are holding off having children because they think they cannot fit them into their busy lives, I now know, and am able to say to them, 'You've just got to get on with it; there is never going to be a right time.'

I might have companies, I might have buildings, I might have art. But money? No, I'm not holding that.

My thing is I'm always concerned about my kids and their bodies holding up in the industry. We don't have time off. They run 365 days a year and gone all the time and performing every night. I'm kind of leaning for them to go to Hollywood.

It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award.

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God.

I don't drive smart cars; I don't go on fancy holidays. All my money has gone on my kids' education.

People generally complain that they're overburdened by responsibilities, forgetting that they chose to have those responsibilities. No one makes you work like a dog in order to live in a nice house, put your kids in nice schools, drive a smart car and go on exotic foreign holidays. It's up to you.

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.

I've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family when I'm not working. Going to premieres is not my idea of a fun night out.

Being married, having children, a home and being happy. Without these things, nothing else matters.

I have really tried to create a balance between my home life and my career.

I love my work, but my home life is so fulfilling that I don't tend to be driven by work ambitions.

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

If work came along I liked, I would do it. If it interfered with home life for too long or took me away, I wouldn't.

I don't think you should want everything at work, because home life is so important, and much more nourishing for your soul. One day work will end.

I have a very spartan flat in London, and when they see it people say: 'Why don't you make it more homely?' The reason is that it's just a place to sleep when I'm working.

If you have seven homes, every room is not a beautifully curated expression of your personality.

All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.

I used to work until two in the morning every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.

It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.

I have no burning ambitions, and I can honestly say the thing I love most is 'Bake Off.' That will always come first.