Gary Oldman is no longer a young man, has once again teased his impending retirement

“I’ve had an enviable career,” Oldman also said, “But careers wane, and I do have other things that interest me outside of acting. When you’re young you think you’re going to get round to doing all of them—read that book—then the years go by.” Deadline notes that Oldman still has a few seasons of Slow Horses to go before he can retire, since Apple already has him contracted to make two more seasons, plus he’s going to appear in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer when it comes out next year (though he’s already filmed his appearance as Harry Truman, as far as we know).

So it might be a few years before Oldman can get around to reading that book. Also, we know that it’s just an expression, this idea of never getting around to reading that one book you want to read, but wouldn’t it be fun if there really were one book he’s been sitting on since his acting career took off? Like there’s some dust-covered copy of Pet Sematary sitting on his nightstand, unopened for almost 40 years, and every night he thinks “eh, I’ll get to that tomorrow” but then acting gets in the way? So tragic….

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