Cate Blanchett might be leaving Hollywood sooner rather than later.
The “Black Bag” actress, 55, discussed her next career moves in an interview with Radio Times set to be released on Sunday, April 20. She insisted she is “serious” about leaving acting behind because there are “a lot of things” she would rather focus on after her more than 30-year career in the business.
“My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it,” Blanchett said, per The Standard. “I am serious about giving up acting. [There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life.”
Blanchett has been married to her husband, Australian playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton, 59, since 1997. The couple share three sons, Dashiell, Roman and Ignatius, and one daughter, Edith.
While the “Lord of the Rings” actress has earned two Oscars and has been nominated for six more, she revealed that she is not crazy about being a celebrity and all of the aspects that being famous entails.
“When you go on a talk show, or even here now, and then you see soundbites of things you’ve said, pulled out and italicized, they sound really loud,” Blanchett explained. “I’m not that person.”
“I make more sense in motion,” the “Blue Jasmine” actress continued. “It’s been a long time to remotely get comfortable with the idea of being photographed. I’ve always felt like I’m on the periphery of things, so I’m always surprised when I belong anywhere. I go with curiosity into whatever environment that I’m in, not expecting to be accepted or welcomed.”
“I’ve spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable,” she added.
Although Blanchett did not say exactly when she plans to “give up acting,” it would not be the first time that she hinted at the possibility.
In March, during an interview with The Guardian, the “I’m Not There” actress shared similar remarks about leaving Hollywood in the rearview mirror.
“I always thought, if the acting thing didn’t work out, which it still might not, I would love to be a Foley artist,” she said last month. “One day, I’m going to grow up and get a proper job.”
She also addressed the shift away from ageism and sexism in Hollywood and how “the shelf life of actresses when I first came on the scene was about five years.”
“I think that female producers have more agency,” Blanchett told Business Insider on March 24. “There’s more females in the writing room, and the more diverse the industry is at base level, when things are developed, the more exciting it is for audiences.”
“I think there’s ageism and sexism in every industry,” she added. “I just think that we’re a very public-facing industry.”
