“I remember calling my parents and saying, ‘Im done, I cant torture myself anymore.”
1.Jacob Elordialmost quit acting afterThe Kissing Booth.
Like I was a billboard.
It felt like it was for sale.
Then my brain went through the f**king wringer.
Like, I wasnt sure if I was genuine.
It really skews your view.
It creates a very paranoid way of living.
Of course, the fame that came with the role has its effect, too.
“Id walk down the red carpet and go into the bathroom,she said.
I had on so much makeup and these big, fluffy, full-on dresses.
3.Robert Pattinson’s audition forTwilightalmost meant he quit acting altogether.
Why did you bring a guitar in?
‘,” he said.
“My entire confidence just s**t the bed.
The audition was one of the worst auditions I did in my whole life.
5.Jessica Alba says she almost quit acting altogether after filmingFantastic Four.
“And then it all got me thinking: Am I not good enough?
Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough?
Do people hate them so much that they dont want me to be a person?
Am I not allowed to be a person in my work?
And so I just said, F*ck it.
I dont care about this business anymore,'“she added.
6.Rooney Mara almost left the industry entirely after filming a 2010Nightmare on Elm Streetremake.
Theres no way, Im going to really let people down,'“she said.
You always say: Ill never again!
I will never back up into a start date!
He also revealed that he now thinks “child acting just becomes abuse” at a certain level.
“I had problems.
I wasn’t happy.
11.Chris Evans was so anxious filmingPuncturethat made him wonder if he should quit the industry.
12.Big-name movies likeJunoandSuperbadalmost meant Michael Cera left the business.
“I was kind of having a bit of a crisis…
Which I find interesting now,” he said.
14.Cate Blanchett almost left the biz afterTar.
Im always trying to get out of acting.
Ive been trying to stop acting my entire professional life,“she said at Canneslast year.
15.Daniel Day-Lewis really DID quit afterPhantom Thread.
“You cant take years off and not have it affect your career.
“Other children were really mean to me…
They would make the sound of the lightsaber every time they saw me.
It was totally mad.
However, those ‘future projects’ never came.
