Chris Evans Says He’s Not Retiring From Acting
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ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) — Don’t worry, Captain America isn’t going anywhere.
Last week, Avengers star Chris Evans reportedly told Variety that he’s planning to retire from acting.
“I’ve known for a while I wanted to direct,” Evans told Variety. “But [time] never really opens up. There’s another movie to do, there’s another acting job. It just got to a point where I was like, you know what — I have to do this.”
On Monday, Evans clarified what he meant. “I said, I directed last year and I really responded to it, I really enjoyed it and I’d love to focus a little more on that,” he said on Good Morning America.
He continued, sarcastically, “Then, [I’m] retiring, hanging up the shoes I guess! By no means, am I planning on retiring. It’s kind of a silly statement.”
The Captain America: The Winter Soldier star added that his real life super heroes were “my parents.”
“My parents had four of us and it wasn’t easy,” he said. “They did a pretty good job in my opinion.”
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