Escapism Quotes

I sell escapism.

It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.

Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

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

You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

I think escapism is really important.

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.

Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.

My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.

I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.

I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that, of course, is what the movies are supposed to be all about. Ultimately, I think it's just part of human nature to pretend.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.