At some point in their careers, these celebs looked at their artistic and professional achievements, fame, fortune, and shelves full of awards and said, “This isn’t for me.” Then they left acting behind and were fortunate enough to discover the things they really wanted to do.
After five seasons of the popular Comedy Central sketch show Key & Peele, it was obvious that Jordan Peele would move on to something even bigger. Most people would have predicted starring roles in a string of big-screen comedies.
He threw the world for a loop when he chose to be a filmmaker instead, writing and directing the satirical horror movie Get Out, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In other words, this new trajectory suits Peele.
One of the best-reviewed movies of 2017, Get Out clinched his decision, but so did one of the worst-reviewed movies, according to Complex.
There was a brief period after the release of The Blair Witch Project in 1999 in which many people thought that Heather Donahue would never work again because she was actually dead. That’s how effective Blair Witch was as the pioneering classic of modern “found footage”-style horror movies. Keep watching the video to see celebrities who quit acting for good!
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Jordan Peele | 0:16
Heather Donahue | 1:04
Cameron Diaz | 1:50
Lisa Jakub | 2:32
Ariana Richards | 3:12