Comments on: Mortensen Takes The Road to Retirement

By: tjhawk

tjhawk — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:17:10 +0000

I think more stars should take breaks. I'm sure some sctors and actresses enjoy working a lot, but I get tired seeing the same faces over and over again on the screen.

By: tjhawk

tjhawk — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:17:10 +0000

I think more stars should take breaks. I'm sure some sctors and actresses enjoy working a lot, but I get tired seeing the same faces over and over again on the screen.

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:00:37 +0000

I seem to recall Harrison Ford making such a claim a while back as well as Sean Connery and both of them came back to do more film roles.

By: Big K

Big K — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:58:13 +0000

I think every actor that is in Hollywood that is serious about film-making being art as well as work should take a Daniel Day-Lewis type of break to recharge.

Think about it: after Day-Lewis came back from his break, he made “There Will Be Blood” and got an Oscar for his work.

By: michaeldance

michaeldance — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:19:42 +0000

Meh, he's said this for years — and he's just repeated it a lot lately because Appaloosa, Good, and The Road basically consumed his life for two years straight. He'll take a short break and come back later…I doubt he'll ever sink to Daniel Day-Lewis levels of productivity.

By: monkeymafia

monkeymafia — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:08:33 +0000

I hope he comes back for Cronenberg, they are at their best when their together…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:29:19 +0000

He'll be back. I guarantee The Hobbit or the proposed Eastern Promises sequel will not be the last films Mortensen appears in. He's just burnt out, taking a break.

By: ladyofthelake

ladyofthelake — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:14:46 +0000

I think he'll do another film eventualy, or the Hobbit if asked. He's a very talented actor. Plus isn't there talk about a sequal to Eastern Promises? He'll most likely work on his photography, painting for awhile, but I don't count him out of the acting game.

By: robinruinsky

robinruinsky — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:46:52 +0000

Mortensen has always appeared to have some discomfort about the side effect of being an actor, namely fame.
It would be a shame if he's just not suffering some temporary burnout. He's a very talented actor, always interesting to watch.
I wouldn't be ready to put the nail in his cinematic coffin. Remember when Daniel Day-Lewis said he wanted to be a cobbler?

By: Landon_Palmer

Landon_Palmer — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:08:54 +0000

I've heard bad buzz about The Road…it would suck if his last movie was a shitty one. Maybe he's planning to go all Joaquin Phoenix on our asses.