Next for Gwyneth Paltrow: Break from acting, more time with kids

A week before announcing her “concious uncoupling” from Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow was already prepping for the future.

In an interview conducted last week with E! News, the 41-year-old talked about needing a break from acting so she could spend more time with her children, Apple, 9, and Moses, 7.

“So I have to go back to mommy … I have a rule about one movie a year, so I can’t shoot anything for a while, but I’m developing some material and working on the site [Goop] and raising kids,” she said.

The actress, who finished shooting “Mortdecai” with Johnny Depp in January, and appeared in the 100th episode of “Glee,” stressed her desire to keep her professional life separate from her personal.

“It’s much harder for me,” she continued. “I feel like I set it up in a way that makes it difficult because … for me, like if I miss a school run, they are like, ‘Where were you?’ I don’t like to be the lead so I don’t [have] to work every day, you know, I have little things that I like and obviously I want it to be good and challenging and interesting and be with good people and that kind of thing.”

She also pointed out that things are more difficult for her than other moms, because of the demanding nature and unpredictable schedule of her acting career.

“I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it’s not like being on set,” Paltrow said.