00:00In the acting world, like in so many professions, time eventually comes a calling for even the greatest-
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00:06However, while it's not surprising to hear that iconic names in their 80s and 90s, like-
00:10Gene Hackman and Jack Nicholson are retired these days, there are those actors who retire way-
00:15earlier than anyone ever expected.
00:17I'm Josh from WhatCulture.com, and these are 10 Actors You Didn't-
00:20No, We're Retired.
00:21Number 10.
00:22Cameron Diaz.
00:23During the late 90s and into the 2000s-
00:25Cameron Diaz was one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood.
00:28Having made her debut in The Mask-
00:30a role she landed at a time when she had zero acting experience, the always bubbly Diaz-
00:35went on to make memorable appearances in such heavy hitters such as There's Something
00:38About Mary, Gangs of M-
00:40New York, Any Given Sunday, Being John Malkovic, Vanilla Sky, and the two Charlies-
00:45Jill's Pictures.
00:46As it stands now though, the final role of the stellar career of Cameron Diaz is her-
00:50in turn as controlling drunk Colleen Hannigan in the 2014 take on Annie.
00:55In the immediate aftermath of Annie's release, Diaz opted to take a break from the industry
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01:00to become fed up with the extensive travel involved in the film business.
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01:57his belt at that point in time he decided to quit acting in order to focus on a music career singing
02:02about wise guys rather than playing them in the years since then the academy award winner has been
02:07coaxed out of retirement on a few sparse occasions most notably for Martin Scorsese
02:12the Irishman in 2019 but even then it apparently took a lot of convincing from
02:17Scorsese himself to get the actor on set number eight Mara Wilson it's a little
02:22crazy to think that someone would retire from acting at the age of just 13 but that was indeed the case
02:27for Mara Wilson well at least initially having famously appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire miracle
02:3234th Street and then headlined 1996's Matilda the young Mara announced her retirement
02:37in 2000 she reportedly got sent the script for Donnie Darko shortly after making
02:42this decision but turned down the opportunity to audition for Richard Kelly's twisted sci-fi
02:47thriller masterpiece Wilson would eventually return to acting in the 2012 web series Miss
02:52connection and she's since made sporadic appearances here and there most notably voicing Jill
02:57uphill in Bojack Horseman but the main focus of her career these days is in her writing work
03:02on why she stepped away from acting in 2000 Wilson has openly discussed how the body image of
03:07obsessed world of Hollywood made her question her desire to remain in that particular bubble
03:12number seven Jack Gleeson Jack Gleeson got to hammered up as one of the most detestable TV characters
03:17in recent TV history playing Joffrey Baratheon in 26 episodes of Game of
03:22Thrones once the Irish actors work was finished on Thrones though he decided that the acting life was
03:27wasn't for him retiring from the industry in 2014 to instead focus on a career
03:32in academia for one reason or another that academic career didn't pan out but Gleeson has spent his
03:37past Thrawn's years working in theatre production back in 2010 he was one of the founders of the
03:42collapsing horse theatre company in Dublin and it's with collapsing horse that a lot of his energy has been
03:47focused until the company was wrapped up in 2019 a few comedy festival appearances and
03:52even some conventions have followed for Gleeson since that date but he still very much seems to be happy
03:57away from the spotlight of the acting industry although a fleeting appearance in out of her mind
04:02last year may mean that a full-on return to acting can't be ruled out for the now 28
04:07year old number six Bridget Fonda first coming to prominence in the late 80s well unless you
04:12count an uncredited appearance from an infant Fonda in 1969's Easy Rider Bridget Fonda
04:17became one of the most prolific stars of the 90s and then just like that she disappeared
04:22To be specific Bridget was last seen on the silver screen in 2001 with the horse
04:27she banged while she then appear in the made-for-tv hallmark special snow queen the following year
04:32Since then though the Jackie Brown single white female and the Godfather Part 3 stand out
04:37steered clear of the entertainment industry after marrying famed composer Danny Elfman in
04:422003 Fonda ultimately retired from the movie business in order to focus on starting off
04:47It's also worth adding that 2003 was also the year that Bridget Fonda had a nasty car accident
04:52that left her with a fractured vertebrae and one could speculate that maybe that also influenced
04:57her decision to step away from acting number five Matthew Fox while lost was very much a mid
05:02major ensemble piece Matthew Fox was unquestionably one of the true leads of the opinion split
05:07show before lost of course there was party of five and the years after Fox landed the Jack Shepard
05:12role saw the actor star in offerings such as speed racer Alex cross and briefly will
05:17see which the actor was admittedly mostly cut out of still the last acting role in my
05:22Matthew Fox's CV right now is 2015's utterly brutal born Tomahawk once lost
05:27wrapped up in 2010 Fox moved out into the sticks of rural Oregon away from the glass
05:32of Hollywood and to pour further fuel on Matthew Fox being completely done with acting he's never
05:37been shy in admitting that he has at times absolutely hated the profession given the huge
05:42paydays that lost offered up you can maybe understand why the 54 year old has had minimal interest
05:47in ever taking another acting gig on top of this however controversy has also dogged
05:52that he has at times the early 2010s saw him accused of violence against women particularly in
05:572012 when lost core star Dominic Monaghan publicly accused him of beating women
06:02often number four the Olsen twins since coming to the fore in 2011 with Martha Marcy May
06:07Marlene Elizabeth Olsen has amassed quite the array of impressive credits with roles in silent
06:12house Godzilla the old boy remake and of course Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel cinema
06:17universe before Elizabeth came around though there were two other Olsen's who were garnering all kinds of
06:22attention though as a cause being Mary Kate nationally three years Elizabeth seniors these
06:27twins were everywhere at one point in time the adventures of Mary Kate nationally full house
06:32so little time two of a kind and even the Simpsons were just some of the places where you could find this
06:37duo taking center stage 2004 so Mary Kate and Ashley begin to delve into the fashion world
06:42which was yet another bold venture for the two after setting up their own dual star production company in the
06:471990s subsequently that year so Ashley quietly retired from acting although Mary Kate would
06:52continue in the industry until a formal retirement announcement in 2012 number three Jim care
06:57Perhaps the most surprising name on this list Jim Carrey announced that he was flirting with the idea
07:02of retirement while on the press tour for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 when asked about an unrelated film
07:07project and if he'd be interested in starring in it
07:09Kerry left everyone's jaws
07:12the floor with the response quote well I'm retiring yeah probably I'm being fair
07:17serious end quote he went on to explain the classic actor conundrum that
07:22right now he's not actively pursuing anything and is happy living a humble life
07:27away from the camera but if a script came along that was too good to refuse he'd have
07:32not rejected off the bat still though don't expect Kerry to be back in the saddle
07:37anytime soon at the very least he's taking a big break and at most the funny man
07:42could be gone for good as he himself said quote I have enough I'm done enough
07:47I am enough end quote number two Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis is
07:52one of the greatest actors of his generation and is generally viewed as one of the very best performers in
07:57the history of film period known for his meticulous methodical ways Dale Lewis has
08:01his
08:02staggering three Academy Awards for best actor to his name but for those wondering why
08:07one of the all-time greats hasn't been seen on our screens for a little while now well that's because the london boi
08:12actor actually called it quits in 2017. This is actually the second time that Dale Lewis has
08:17retired from acting with him catching many off guard when he announced his exit from the industry in 19
08:221997 to instead become a shoemaker in Italy yes
08:27for real I have not made that up Matt Scorsese with whom Dale Lewis had worked with on the age of innocence
08:32in 93 managed to coerce the actor back into the game in 2000 for his upcoming gangs of
08:37New York for which Dale Lewis received an Oscar nomination mesmerizing performances followed in there
08:42will be blood nine and Lincoln before Dale Lewis once again entered retirement after the release of Paul
08:47Thomas Anderson's phantom thread in 2017 citing to w magazine how we no longer found
08:52value in his work and that he wanted to explore the world number one Bruce Willis legendary
08:57acting giant Bruce Willis announced the tragic news that he was retiring from the profession
09:02recently following a diagnosis with aphasia a brain disorder that impacts the way a person
09:07can communicate speak and understand the language the news was revealed by the performance
09:12of his family on social media with a statement of fans which read quote to Bruce's amaze
09:17supporters as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some hell
09:22health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia which is impacting his cognitive
09:27abilities as a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career
09:32that has meant so much to him end quote since the news was revealed there has been an output
09:37pouring of support from both fans and fellow actors alike with Bruce stepping away from
09:42Hollywood his family finished their statement by saying quote as Bruce always says live it up
09:47and together we plan to do just that end quote so that's our list once you guys think down in the
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09:57news like this every single day even if you don't thought I'd be Josh thank you so much for watching and I'll see you
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