Tilda Swintonis planning to take a break from acting after her trip to theBerlinFilm Festival comes to an end.
I need a break, and Im going to have one, she added.
We all know filmmaking is a merciless mistress and I have been under the lash for a while.
Tilda Swinton at the press conference for her Honorary Golden Bear awardRONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images
Things have got a little crazy, she added.
and people would very often say, okay,' recalled Swinton.
Since Covid, that has been, No, the money is here now and have to do it.
I need a break, so I am going to have one.
Sitting alongside fest director Tricia Tuttle, she addressed her long-running relationship with Berlin.
The Berlinale is the first film festival I ever went to, she said.
Yesterday, Swinton was presented with Berlins Honorary Golden Bear.
I decided it was more important for me to come.
It was a judgment call that I take full responsibility for.
She added that she had enormous respect for those with opposing views.
I understand that boycotting can feel, and often is, the most powerful thing we can do.
