Quotes About Work-life

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

For me, my No. 1 priority in life was to always have a family. If I had not been able to work anymore, then that would have been it. I would definitely choose family over career. It's really great that my field has allowed me to work and let me do things that a woman does naturally.

I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop. They have been a priority and I have a career that allows for a little more flexibility at times and hours that are quite mom-friendly.

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for.

It's actually a privileged existence - I get to do some work, but I can walk down the street and have an absolutely normal life, rather than existing in some strange bubble.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

Most people fill their schedules with work, and leisure only happens when there's time left over. But it's impossible to live a rich and full life without doing things that give you joy. Forget about productivity once in a while and give yourself permission to goof off.

Your profession should give you enjoyment, but it should never be your life.

Whichever profession you are in, the profession becomes a part of your personal life too. So, acting has become a part of me in all synergies.

I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.

There needs to be a demarcation between personal and professional lives.

Responding to emails during off-work hours isn't the only area in which you need to set boundaries. You need to make the critical distinction between what belongs to your employer and what belongs to you and you only.

Management brings the best and worst out of me, and I think you have to find a distinction between what is work and what isn't work, because football can take over your life.

What I'm about to say won't be popular, but it's true: If being a television showrunner is the job you want, and you are a woman, I would not suggest you have children. The reality is that you just cannot do both well.

work harder to produce better'—is seriously flawed. It isn't sustainable. It just leads to burnout. Exhaustion.

I work less, have more fun and yet I get way more done.

Elite production without quiet vacation causes lasting depletion.

By his mid-thirties, he had installed a telegraph wire between home and office so that he could spend three or four afternoons each week at home, planting trees, gardening, and enjoying the sunshine.

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

I managed to stay grounded and when I wasn't working, I was hanging out with my friends so I was still able to be a kid and have that part of my life. I didn't let acting take over completely.

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong either with you or with your business.

I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never.

But I wanted to figure out how to be a mom without having to figure out how to be a professional on top of it.