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Bryan Cranston has set his goodbye date.
Cranston told Britain’s GQ that he plans to temporarily retire from acting and his business ventures for at least six months in 2026. The goal: to spend more time with his wife Robin Dearden.
“I want to change the paradigm again,” he said. “For the past 24 years, Robin has held onto my dick for her life. She was the plus, she was the wife of a celebrity. She had to adjust her life to my life. She benefits enormously, but we disagree. I want to balance that. She deserves it.”
Cranston and Dearden became a couple in 1987 and married in 1989. They have one daughter, Taylor Dearden.
When the time comes for his temporary retirement, Cranston will close his production company Moonshot Entertainment and sell his stake in his mezcal company, Dos Hombres, which he co-founded with his Breaking Bad co-star Aaron Paul.
The plan is to move to a foreign country and spend some relaxing time gardening and cooking there, he said.
“I want to have that experience,” he said. “I want to go on day trips, have a fire in the fireplace and drink wine with new friends and not read scripts.”
Cranston will be 70 years old in 2026. “It’s not going to be like, ‘Oh, I’m going to read and see what I’m going to do.’ No, it’s a break. It’s a stop,” he claimed. “I won’t think about that [work]. I will not take calls.”