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Cate Blanchett: ‘I Am Serious About Giving Up Acting’

The actress, 55, disclosed that there’s “a lot of things” she wants to pursue beyond acting.

Cate Blanchett shocked fans this week by revealing that she’s “serious” about quitting acting. Speaking to Radio Times in an interview excerpt published Monday, Blanchett reflected on her decade-spanning career, plus her subsequent relationship to fame and how it’s impacted where she wants to go next. “My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting. [There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life,” the two-time Oscar winner shared. “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. I’m not that person... I’ve always felt like I’m on the periphery of things, so I’m always surprised when I belong anywhere,” the 55-year-old star continued. “I go with curiosity into whatever environment that I’m in, not expecting to be accepted or welcomed.” Blanchett recently starred opposite Michael Fassbender in spy thriller Black Bag.