Gwyneth Paltrow Has Decided To Quit Acting: “I actually haven’t been that comfortable being a public person”
Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her decision to step away from acting.
During an interview with SiriusXM’s Bruce Bozzi on "Quarantined with Bruce" Tuesday, the actress and businesswoman discussed the point she stepped away from acting.
Gwyneth Paltrow said: “I think a lot of that also comes from the fact that I and this is something that I think I realized later in life like I actually haven’t been that comfortable being a public person or being in front of the camera even though I’ve done it for so long. There’s a part of me that really feels shy and doesn’t feel like I’m naturally an extrovert.”
“I started doing it so young. I went for a long time before I asked myself like — ‘do I like this job? Am I comfortable doing this? Do I want to be an actor?'” she said.
"I think that when you hit the bullseye, when you're 26 years old and you're a metrics driven person who, frankly, doesn't love acting that much as it turns out," she explained. "I sort of felt like, well, now who am I supposed to be? Like, what am I, what am I driving towards?"
She continued, "Part of the shine of acting wore off, you know, being in such intense public scrutiny, being a kid who's like living every breakup on every headline, like being criticized for everything you do, say and wear."
She added that the job is also "so transitory," making it hard "to plant roots."
"Like I'm such a homebody, you know, me, I like to be with my old friends and cook and squeeze my kids. Like I don't want to be alone in a hotel room in Budapest for six weeks," she said. "Like, it's just not who I am."
She continued, "Yeah. So you're like, ‘I don't know if this is really my calling.’ So I'm still trying to parse out what came from what, and you know, where, how my life changed course. But I think that stew is a big piece of it."
The actress also said the only way she would return to acting is if she was to work on something made by her writer and producer husband, Brad Falchuk.
Paltrow, who celebrated her 48th birthday in September, runs the lifestyle brand Goop, which recently released its holiday gift guide that includes a $1,995 Ouija Board, a $75 "This Smells Like My Prenup" candle and more out-there items.
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