I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports.
My books are just pure escapism for kids.
Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.
Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.
It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.
Acting has always been such escapism for me.
That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.
It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring escapism to something like 'Downton Abbey.' There's a perceived romance and elegance that is wonderful to lose yourself in.
Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.
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 live in my own bubble. I was looking for an audience that wouldn't necessarily be looking for escapism when they came to my comics.
My escapism is far less important than for those I am helping to escape -- the troops. If it gives them an evening of some fun and laughter, the rewards for myself, PHINdy and all the others will be beyond description.
People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.
The appeal of the paranormal bad boy - or James Bond super-spy, as one example of male escapism - can sometimes make everyday problems seem less dire. Thus, a few hours spent immersed in the world of the wicked yet alluring hero is the equivalent of a mini-vacation.
We offer a stark contrast to the bland escapism that chokes the charts,
Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious as human beings.
Escapism is always big. People go to the movies for hope. There's no way we could take 'American Beauty' this year, for example. We're still too frail, psychologically speaking.
Escapism is always big, ... People go to the movies for hope. There's no way we could take 'American Beauty' this year, for example. We're still too frail, psychologically speaking.
Escapism always has its place, but when movies connect to other things around us and suggest implications that haven't been considered before, that's a dividend, too, even when our love of movies becomes complicated as a result.
Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.
I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and which represented the antithesis of the dreamy escapism you found in musicals.
People love escapism and there should be a place for it.
I think escapism is really important.
Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.
I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.
People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.
I don't think it necessarily makes me want to go back to my 20s, but what I love about playing any type of character is the escapism.
The only people who hate escapism are jailers.
Escapism- that's what I like. I'm not so crazy about the reality of everything.