Cate Blanchett says she's 'serious' about giving up acting. Here are 4 actors who quit — then came out of retirement.

• Cate Blanchett said she's "serious about giving up acting."
• The "Lord of the Rings" star said that her family doesn't believe her.
• Some stars like Daniel Day-Lewis and Jim Carrey retired and then returned to Hollywood.

Cate Blanchett has said she's planning to give up acting, but her family doesn't believe her.

The Australian actor, best known for playing the elf Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, told Radio Times that she has "a lot of things I want to do with my life."

"My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting," she told the publication this week ahead of her role in a new audio drama for the BBC.

Blanchett won the Oscar in 2004 for best supporting actress in "The Aviator," before winning best actress nine years later for "Blue Jasmine." But despite her hugely successful acting career, she appears set on retiring from the screen.

During the interview, she touched on her dislike for being a celebrity and constantly doing interviews to promote whichever project she's working on at the time.

"When you go on a talk show, or even here now, and then you see soundbites of things you've said, pulled out and italicized, they sound really… loud. I'm not that person," said Blanchett, who is also known for roles in "Thor: Ragnarok" and "Elizabeth."

She's not the only Hollywood star to retire from acting in recent years, but some have also returned after their hiatus.

Jim Carrey

Prolific comedy star Jim Carrey announced that he was retiring in 2022, telling Variety: "I have enough. I've done enough. I am enough." He added that he would return "If the angels bring some sort of script that's written in gold ink that says to me that it's going to be really important for people to see."

He returned to play Dr. Robotnik in 2024's "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and the producers printed his script in 24-carat gold ink as a joke, SFX Magazine reported.

Carrey later said that he came out of retirement because "I need the money, frankly."

Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz stepped away from the screen after 2014's "Annie" so that she could spend more time with her family. But she returned over 10 years later to work with Jamie Foxx on Netflix's "Back in Action."

When appearing on "The Graham Norton Show" in January to promote the film, Diaz explained her return.

"If I just let this go away, all of this goodwill that I got to build over so much time, the passion I have for entertaining people and making movies that people smile and laugh [at] and have a good time… if I don't engage that again, and give that a chance and participate in it and be grateful for it, then I would be a fool."

She continued: Maybe I'll tip a toe in, maybe just go gung-ho, I don't know."

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis famously retired after starring in 2017's "Phantom Thread," telling W Magazine that he refuses to watch the film. "Not wanting to see the film is connected to the decision I've made to stop working as an actor," he said in 2017.

However, in October 2024, it was announced that he is returning to acting, and Deadline reported that he will star in "Anemone," directed by his son, Roman Day-Lewis.

Ke Huy Quan

Ke Huy Quan is best known for his roles in 1984's "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and 1985's "The Goonies." After landing a few minor roles in film and TV, Quan decided to leave Hollywood in the early 2000s. "It was tough. I was waiting for the phone to ring, and it rarely did," he told People in 2022.

The star came back to play Waymond Wang in 2021's "Everything Everywhere All At Once," and won the Oscar for best supporting actor. He also appeared in "Loki" season two and had a hidden cameo in "The White Lotus."