Shailene Woodley Wants To Quit Acting After ‘Divergent’ Series? Has ‘Zero Intentions’ Of Doing Another Film Unless She’s ‘Deeply Invested’ In Script

Shailene Woodley suggests that she may quit acting once she's done filming the Divergent series.

After Shailene Woodley shoots Allegiant and Insurgent, the second and third films in the Divergent series, she might quit acting complete.

"Right now, I have zero intentions of doing another film," she said, E! News reports. "Until I read something I'm deeply invested in from an artistic point of view, there's no reason to."

"People always ask me, 'How does it feel doing so many coming-of-age films?' But I want to do roles I can connect to and bring a special color to, and what I've known has been adolescence," she told The Chicago Sun Times' Splash. "I'm 22 now, so I know womanhood for the first time in my life. I can bring truth to what it feels like to be a woman. But it's been a really big honor to bring these really strong, vulnerable, truthful, raw adolescents to life. Because it is such a beautiful time to be alive, and so much of what we go through in our teenage years creates who we are as adults in the years to come."

Shailene Woodley has also been doing a lot of thinking about her career.

"When I started thinking about acting, I was like, 'Why do I love it so much? Why do I feel so fueled from it? And I realized it's because when I see most films, I leave feeling affected and inspired and emotionally captivated," Woodley said of her role choices. "And all of that has to be based in truth."

But the former "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" star isn't worried about her increasing fame.

"I know me, I know my friends and family, and if it ever gets to be too much, I'll do something else," Woodley said, suggesting that she's very grounded despite her Hollywood life.

Divergent is in theaters now.

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