Chris Evans Says He’s Considered Quitting Acting
Chris Evans has had a marvelous career, but apparently he often considers quitting the business altogether.
“Every couple of months, I decide I’m done acting,” Chris said alongside Avengers costar Scarlett Johansson on Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” series. “This has been my thing for decades now. I’m always looking for a way out, but I do love it.”
Chris will soon appear in the upcoming limited series Defending Jacob, on Apple TV+.
“I think TV right now, those creative minds are given a bit more freedom,” he said. “It feels like movies sometimes get inundated with studio notes, and all of a sudden, what was once an original idea becomes boiled down to the lowest common denominator, and then you have no one’s favorite movie but everyone’s lukewarm movie.”
He added, “I think that’s why people may be turning away, and looking to things like streaming service shows that actually are innovative.”
Chris has also graced the Broadway stage, and pointed to the difference between film and stage acting.
“After a while, the process of filmmaking does get stale. You just want to try and find a new way into what has become very familiar,” he said. “I think what I was hunting for was that prolonged period of time within a scene, thinking it would allow this liberation. It couldn’t have been more to the contrary. When you’re onstage, it’s just like, ‘Man!’ because you have so much to remember.”
Watch the full interview at Variety.