Russell Crowe considering retiring from acting: 'You will never hear from me again'

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Russell Crowe is a huge movie star – but may not be for much longer. As the actor looks ahead to his 60th birthday next year, he's pondering whether it's time to call it quits on the industry that made him famous, revealing at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival that he hasn't decided if fading into obscurity is the right move for him at this stage in his life. "You are standing in front of the mirror, and go: ‘Who the f--- is that?’" he said of getting older, according to Variety. "I am in that period now." "I will take Ridley Scott as my role model: he is still discovering new things in his work.

Or I will just stop and you will never hear from me again. I haven’t decided what it’s going to be.These are two very valid choices." Ridley Scott is 85, and, according to his IMDb page, currently has 20 upcoming projects.

Crowe, meanwhile, has eight movies in the works. One movie that he isn't involved with is the upcoming sequel to "Gladiator," one of his most memorable films – but that doesn't mean he hasn't been talking about it. "They should be f---ing paying me for the amount of questions I am asked about a film I am not even in," he said at the festival. "It has nothing to do with me.

In that world, I am dead. Six feet under. But I do admit to a certain tinge of jealousy, because it reminds me of when I was younger and what it meant for me, in my life." He continued, "I don’t know anything about the cast, I don’t know anything about the plot.