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My brain and body and nervous system, they see a plane ride, a long plane trip, as an opportunity to sleep with nothing coming in, nothing to do. I just go offline the minute I'm on the plane.

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally.

Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.

I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival.

On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook on my iPod so my brain knows, regardless of time zone, that that voice means it's time for bed.

If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine.

Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth.

I don't sleep very well when I travel. And as a result, I tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep.