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Jordan Peele Retires From Acting, Says It ‘Is Just Nowhere Near As Fun For Me As Directing’

By Shakiel Mahjouri.

“Get Out” director Jordan Peele won’t be getting out of the director’s chair anytime soon.

The long-time “Key & Peele” sketch star says he has little interest in an acting career moving forward, in a preview for a “CBS Sunday Morning” interview with Tracy Smith.

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“That’s the idea… Daniel Day-Lewis and I are both out,” he confesses. “Acting is just nowhere near as fun for me as directing.”

Discussing his feelings with U.S. President Donald Trump’s many controversial statements, Peele says, “What I am encouraged by is that the movie ‘Get Out’ has been heard and received.”

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Continuing, “And that I’m seeing many other examples of art and film and television that are expressing these pains, frustrations, love in new ways, and that they’re being received. And that I think will create progress.”

The full interview on Sunday, Jan. 21.

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