«Shakespeare in Love» actress Gwyneth Paltrow said she left her acting career after she had her daughter in 2004, saying she wanted to be at home to raise her.
Gwyneth Paltrow revealed that the birth of her daughter Apple in 2004 was her reason to leave Hollywood.
«Once I had Apple, I really didn’t want to fly off and go [on] location, and I wanted to be home,» the Goop founder explained to reporters at the launch event for her more affordable good.clean.goop beauty line Wednesday.
«I think especially women have very different chapters in their lives, and I think we should feel free to lean into whatever incarnation comes with the next chapter.»
Paltrow was an «it» girl in the 1990s and early 2000s, starring in movies like «Se7en,» «Emma,» «Shallow Hal» and «Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.» And she won a best actress Oscar for «Shakespeare in Love» in 1999.
But after she married Chris Martin in 2003 and gave birth to her daughter a year later, her priorities changed. The former couple also share son Moses, 17.
«I think we should all give ourselves the permission to do that,» she said of realigning priorities.
The 51-year-old said she was grateful she was able to take a «pause» from acting and «be home and have my little kids.
