In the past few years, we’ve seen a number of actors announcing that they’ll be taking breaks from their careers for various reasons, a lot of them being family-related. However, some stars are revealing that their reasons for pausing are for their own well-being.
In a recent interview, Sandra Bullock shared how her career began affecting her mental health, and what she’s doing to remedy that.
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Sandra Bullock recently opened up about her break from acting.
Earlier this year at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, Bullock announced that she’d be taking a break from acting . In a more recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter , she elaborated on why, explaining that this decision was brought on by a feeling of career burnout that was leaving her exhausted.
Bullock knew it wasn’t healthy to keep acting.
“I’m so burnt out. I’m so tired, and I’m so not capable of making healthy, smart decisions and I know it,” she described, “I don’t want to be beholden to anyone’s schedule other than my own.”
Though, she also gave thanks for her success.
“Work has always been steady for me, and I’ve been so lucky. I realized it possibly was becoming my crutch. It was like opening up a fridge all the time and looking for something that was never in the fridge.”
It’s been a bit of a tough transition.
She had to learn how to “be OK not having work to validate you.”
Her feelings towards her job echos those being felt by many workers across the world in the wake of what’s being called ‘the great resignation’, a phenomenon where more and more people are leaving their jobs, refusing to put up with poor work conditions. Knowing these feelings are shared by even the most successful of people offers some solidarity to everyone down the line.
h/t: Insider
