Renée Zellweger Stopped Acting for Six Years Because ‘I Was Sick of the Sound of My Own Voice’: It Was Regurgitating the ‘Same Emotional Experiences’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Renée Zellweger said in an interview with her longtime “Bridget Jones” co-star Hugh Grant for British Vogue that it was the sound of her voice that led her to stop acting for more than half a decade in the 2010s.
At that point in her career, Zellweger was already a three-time Oscar nominee and a best supporting actress winner for “Cold Mountain.” She was one of the highest-paid female actors in Hollywood in the late 2000s, but none of that success could make Zellweger stand her own voice.
When asked by Grant why she took a six-year acting break from 2010 to 2016, Zellweger answered: “Because I needed to. I was sick of the sound of my own voice.
When I was working, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, listen to you. Are you sad again, Renée? Oh, is this your mad voice?’ It was a regurgitation of the same emotional experiences.” Zellweger stopped being an actor for six years, but she stayed busy as an artist by writing music.
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