Jim Carrey
In an interview with Access Hollywood for the release of Sonic 2 Movie, Jim Carrey admitted that he will be leaving the profession, although he has indicated that he will be ready to make an exception for an interesting project in the future.
“I am retiring. I mean this very seriously. But of course, if the angels suddenly bring me some kind of script written in gold ink and I realize that it is very important for people to see it, then maybe I will come back,” he said. He also loves a quiet life and plans to paint in his retirement. he added.
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bruce willis
Shortly before Carrey, Bruce Willis also announced his intention to end his career – the 67-year-old actor has been diagnosed with aphasia (speech disorder), making it increasingly difficult for him to memorize lines and work on set. This was reported by his relatives. Later, director Matt Escandari confirmed the actor’s health issues.
“That’s true. I’ve done four movies with him so I know this firsthand. It’s sad to see a legend like Bruce Willis crumble before your eyes,” he told The New Zealand Herald. The actor’s memory problems got worse a few years ago – on the set of the thriller “Glass”.
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Jack Gleason
Irish actor Jack Gleason, known for his role as the sadistic Prince Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones, announced that he quit acting after his character’s death. At the end of filming on the project, he began his studies of philosophy and theology in his hometown of Dublin. Gleason also founded his own puppet theater, which lasted until November 2019.
“I’ve been roleplaying since I was 8 years old, it’s kind of become a habit. I stopped enjoying the process. Of course, you can continue to do this job to earn money, but for me, filmmaking has always been a way to communicate with friends or spend summer vacations. I don’t hate acting in movies, that’s not what I want to do in life,” Gleason explained.
At the same time, in 2021, the actress, who is not yet 30 years old, returned to the profession by starring in the movie Rebecca’s Boyfriend.
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Meg Ryan
The peak of Meg Ryan’s career coincided with the popularity of rom-coms in the ’90s – she later shone in the favorite movies of millions, when Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle. The actress also starred a lot in the following years – until 2015, when she abruptly stopped accepting any offers from the producers. And already in 2019, in an interview with The New York Times, she announced an indefinite creative break that continues to this day.
“As an actress, it seems crazy to me to spend so much time wasting my life, which is kind of like an endless race. I didn’t feel like I knew anything about myself and the world in general to show in acting,” explained Ryan, who celebrated his 60th birthday last year.
Currently, the actress is producing, attending social events and also speaking on fitness forums.
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Robert Redford
Robert Redford managed to show his talent not only in the acting profession, but also in directing. He is best known for his role as Alexander Pierce in the superhero action movie The Avengers, as well as for his appearances in The Great Gatsby, All the President’s Men, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In 2018, the Oscar-winning actor decided he had done enough and announced his retirement.
“Never say never, but still, I’m sure. I’m preparing for retirement as I’ve been making movies since I was 21. I decided that everything was enough for me,” Redford said in a conversation with Entertainment Weekly.
That’s right, a year after the announcement, the actor returned to the role of Alexander Pierce in the sequel to The Avengers, and in 2020 he gave his voice to the character in the anthology movie Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia. And despite this venerable age – the artist is already 85 years old.
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Cameron Diaz
Since 2014, Cameron Diaz has stopped acting in films, but has chosen not to make public appearances at the time. It became known in 2018 that the gorgeous blonde in The Mask decided to leave the cinema, the actress decided to have a candid conversation with her colleague Gwyneth Paltrow on the Goop show. Diaz, now 49, is happily married to musician Benji Madden, enjoying motherhood and also runs a winery.
“I found peace in my soul because I finally started to take care of myself. Strange to say but most of them don’t understand my decision. The acting profession is exhausting – to work at the highest level and be in front of the public. This requires a lot of energy. You have to work 12 hours a day. Then you don’t have time for anything, ”she admitted.
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Grace Kelly
Hitchcock’s muse and style icon Grace Kelly left a successful career in Hollywood for her husband, Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Although the great director persuaded the girl to continue acting in films, according to royal protocol this was impossible. Kelly assured the press that he was tired of publicity, which he preferred to a quiet family life. True, the personal life of the Princess of Monaco was not very happy. Kelly preferred not to discuss disagreements with her husband in public and spent all her free time with her children. In his last interview with ABC News in 1982, the 52-year-old actor admitted that he actually misses making movies. The cult artist’s last film was released in the 1950s.
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Sean Connery
Sean Connery was in the action movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which last appeared on the screen in 2003. The actor announced his retirement only in 2006, but later engaged in dubbing and filmmaking. Connery is known to have had health problems – he was diagnosed with heart and kidney disease, progressive dementia. But according to fellow actor Michael Caine, Connery’s main reason for leaving the profession was because he didn’t want to play small parts of old people. Oscar winner and James Bond star passed away in 2020.
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Michael J Fox
Michael J. Fox, star of the Back to the Future trilogy, finally announced his retirement a few years ago after being diagnosed with progressive Parkinson’s disease in 1991. Additionally, over the years, the actor developed symptoms of dementia that made it difficult to work on set.
“The deterioration in my ability to remember words was the last straw. Everyone has a deadline, and the period of working 12 hours a day and memorizing 7 pages of dialogue is long over,” Fox explained.
However, the actress assures that she maintains her optimism and regularly trains her memory with rhymes and playing the guitar, and also continues to write books.
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of Joaquin Phoenix
In 2008, Joaquin Phoenix announced his retirement from film and became a hip-hop artist. He talked about it in the mock genre movie “I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix.” True, due to the peculiarities of shooting the documentary, viewers and even distributors were sure that everything that happened on the screen was correct. The mock-up was directed by Casey Affleck, who created a believable atmosphere with interviews, staged events and the participation of real stars. In addition, during the filming, Phoenix visited David Letterman’s talk show, which further misled the TV presenter and the audience about her plans to abandon her acting career for the sake of music.
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