Matrix Star Carrie-Anne Moss on Why She Avoided the Spotlight: ‘I Actually, Physically, Couldn’t Do the Work’

Carrie-Anne Moss is letting fans in on one major part of her life: why she went under the wire for well over a decade; despite being at the top of her acting game.

Instead of doing three to four projects a year, Moss took a self-imposed break to mainly focus on her kids. While she didn’t totally say goodbye to the world of acting, it was a long enough break for her to focus on raising her three kids. This all happened after the 2007 film Disturbia.

“It all changed. I was one of those people who didn’t even want anyone else to hold my baby. It was all encompassing. It was feeding me so much that it wasn’t like I made any kind of mental decision,” the Vegas alum said in a recent interview with Business Insider. “I actually, physically, couldn’t do the work. And I didn’t have a built-in support system, and I didn’t want it. So when I worked after I had kids, it was, ‘Can I get help?’ So that was really hard.”

She added, “And it sounds so corny, but I would get offers and think about it, especially when my kids were really young, I just thought, at the end of my life, am I going to care that I did another movie or if I held my baby? It was a no-brainer. I have to say I lost a lot of my ambition for the business.”

However, her two eldest are adults, and her youngest is at the tail-end of her teen years; and Moss is ready to act again all day, every day. And we can’t wait to see the Memento star go full-fledged again.

For those who don’t know, Moss and actor Steven Roy got married in 1999. Since then, they’ve welcomed three children named Owen, born in 2003, Jaden, born in 2005, and Frances Beatrice, born in 2009.

And this isn’t the first time she’s talked about choosing to focus on her family. Earlier this year, she spoke with The Independent, saying, how she was torn, but decided to focus on being a mom, and has no regrets about it.

“After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them. I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, ‘Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal,'” she said, adding that when she decided to be with her kids more, “It was just a no-brainer. And I’m so glad I did that. I’m so glad I don’t have that regret.”

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