Brad Pitt Says He’ll Retire From Acting In Three Years. Tyler, No!
Despite the fact that he married one of Hollywood’s more annoying ladies (to me at least) and he has commodified children from other cultures with her, I enjoy Brad Pitt’s acting. If what he is saying is more than bluster, I won’t be for much longer.
If Brad Pitt is true to his word, we won’t be watching him act well into his dotage. The actor has turned into a perpetually entertaining personality, and an occasionally great actor. He has worked with a great many top-tier directors and has been able to straddle the line between making commercially appealing movies and serious art-house fare. But it sounds as if he’s taking cues from his friend Steven Soderbergh, who has a similar career. Pitt says that he expects to be done with acting in three years.
Asked by Tara Brown on the Australian 60 Minutes “how much longer would you like to do your business for?” Pitt had a surprising answer: “Three years.”
That may not mean that he’s out of the business altogether, as producing is still a draw. Asked what he’ll do after those three years are up, Pitt says:
Hell if I know. Hell if I know. I am really enjoying the producing side and development of stories and putting those pieces together. And getting stories to the plate that might have had a tougher time otherwise, so…You know, I have gotten away with a few things in writing and I have been pissed off about a few things. How’s that?
He’ll get bored. Hopefully. There’s only so many ribs on Jolie’s emaciated body to count, or children to adopt.