London, Aug 21 (PTI) Actress Renee Zellweger says she decided to take break from films because her life experiences were more of a fantasy.
The 47-year-old actress, who has made a return to acting after six years to reprise her lead role in 'Bridget Jones' Baby', said she felt it was necessary to take some time out because her work was taking up all of her time, reported Femalefirst.
"You can't be successful, creatively, if you're not drawing from life experience. And my life experiences were pretend," Zellweger said.
The actress said the desire to grow takes a lot of commitment and after a while taking a sabbatical became her priority.
"I wasn't living very healthy ... I wasn't working all the time, I was only working. It's quite a commitment - there are many phases to making a film, you don't just make it and then you're done. So if you do a couple or a few a year, the cycle starts to fold in on itself and there's no time for real life.
"I was at an age where I wanted to grow and not just as a consequence of research I might be doing for a character. I wanted to make some choices about what other kind of work I might do in that respect. It required that I would take some time to do it. It became a priority for me," she said.
