Renee Zellweger Explains Why She Quit Acting for 6 Years
Renee Zellweger is addressing her extended hiatus from acting.
In a new British Vogue interview conducted by her longtime Bridget Jones’s Diary co-star Hugh Grant, the 55-year-old two-time Oscar-winning actress opened up about why she took an acting break from 2010 to 2016.
Keep reading to find out more…“I was sick of the sound of my own voice. When I was working, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, listen to you. Are you sad again, Renee? Oh, is this your mad voice?’” Renee explained. “It was a regurgitation of the same emotional experiences.”
During her time off, Renee took up several different hobbies and wasn’t just sitting around doing “nothing.”
“I wrote music and studied international law,” Renee revealed. “I built a house, rescued a pair of older doggies, created a partnership that led to a production company, advocated for and fundraised with a sick friend, and spent a lot of time with family and godchildren and driving across the country with the dogs. I got healthy.”
Renee famously paused her career after filming the 2010 movie My Own Song. She didn’t take on any other acting jobs until 2016 when she reprised her role as Bridget Jones for Bridget Jones’s Baby.
In the same new interview, Renee shared some very rare comments about her relationship with boyfriend Ant Anstead.