Pauley Perrette has no plans to ever return to acting. The former 'NCIS' actress - who spent 15 years on the police drama - hasn't appeared on screen since her 2020 role in sitcom 'Broke', and she insisted her retirement is inspired by a desire to be herself "all the time". She told Britain's Hello! magazine: "I’m not ungrateful for the benefits that it gave to me.
“But I’m a different person now, and I want to be here for it – the good and the bad and the painful. "I want to be me all the time, and it takes a good amount of courage for me to say that to myself but it’s authentically how I feel.” The 55-year-old star has a "deep need to find authenticity" in all areas of life, and having the "escape" of being an actor feels counterproductive.
She explained: "At this point in my life I have this deep need to find authenticity in everything, and being an actor, especially at certain points in my life, was a great escape; it’s like a drug because I didn’t have to be me, I could be somebody else. "My character didn’t have all of the problems that I was having." Pauley doesn't even enjoy watching fictional shows or films, because she'd rather be consuming "the truth".
She added: “It’s why I only watch documentaries, I want the truth. "For me, going back to being an actor would be taking away from this life of true authenticity that I’m living 100 percent of the time.” A couple of years ago, Pauley opened up on a "massive stroke" she suffered in 2021, whic.
