ANDREW Garfield has quit Hollywood to “be a bit ordinary for a while”.
The Brit, 38, is retreating from the limelight – shortly after being nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Netflix’s Tick, Tick … Boom!.
Andrew told Variety: “I’m going to rest for a little bit.
“I need to recalibrate and reconsider what I want to do next and who I want to be and just be a bit of a person for a while.
“Because, as you know, that is a washing machine, that awards season.
“I need to just be a bit ordinary for a while.”
It comes after The Spider-Man star rekindled his romance with Alyssa Miller, after The Celeb Report revealed he’d split from the model due to his busy schedule.
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Alyssa previously dated Jake Gyllenhaal, 41, back in 2014 while Andrew counts Emma Stone, 33, and Rita Ora, 31, among his ex-girlfriends.
Back in 2018 he spoke about his views on romance, saying: “I do believe in love at first sight but I also believe that you would love absolutely anybody if you knew their story.
“I believe that the modern notion of romantic love is seriously misguided and it creates a lot of problems in our modern world.
“I believe that we need to reevaluate this idea that we have of the nuclear family, this idea that we have of two-point-four children, this idea we have that it’s Adam and Eve and not Adam and Steve.
“I believe it’s possible for all of us to be in love all the time with ourselves and everyone around us.”
He previously took on the role of a gay man in the play Angels in America and said he has an “openness” to relationships with people other than women.
He said: “Up until this point, I’ve only been sexually attracted to women.
“My stance toward life, though, is that I always try to surrender to the mystery of not being in charge.
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“I think most people — we’re intrinsically trying to control our experience here, and manage it, and put walls around what we are and who we are.
“I want to know as much of the garden as possible before I pass — I have an openness to any impulses that may arise within me at any time.”
Andrew came to international attention in 2010 with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama The Social Network, for which he received nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
He gained wider recognition for playing Spider-Man in the superhero films.
