Andrew Garfield Admits He Isn't Sure He Wants to Be a Father After Turning 40: 'Don't Want to Be a Tired Dad'

Mar. 15, 2025

Andrew Garfield attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty

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Andrew Garfieldisn’t quite sure he wants to become a father.

While the actor, 41, is playing a parent in his new movieWe Live in Timealongside costar Florence Pugh, Garfield tellsEsquirein a new interview that he’s not positive he wants to be one in real life. Sharing that his new role, alongside turning forty a year ago, made him think about the idea, Garfield says that he’s aware of just how hard the job is.

“I’m already a tired guy. I don’t want to be a tired dad,” he admits to the outlet.

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Andrew Garfield attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.Jon Kopaloff/Getty

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Garfield has previously addressed his uncertainty about becoming a father, tellingGQin a 2022 interview that he wasin a different place in lifethan he expected ashe approached turning forty.

“The good news is, all my high school friends, we’re all celebrating [turning 40] together. But it’s interesting –I always thought I would be the first to have kidsand settle down, and they’re all shacked up and a couple of kids deep, for the most part,” he shared.

“It’s more about accepting a different path than what was kind of expected of me from birth, like ‘By this time you will have done this, and you will have at least one child,’ that kind of thing,” theUnder the Banner of Heavenstar explained.

Andrew Garfield attends the 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 12, 2022 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/Getty

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“I think I have some guilt around that,” he added, noting, “Obviously it’s easier for me as a man.”

Recognizing that “life seems to be a perpetual practice of letting s— go,” Garfield admitted that having kids is “a big one [to let go of],” especially afterlosing his mother Lynn to pancreatic cancer in 2019.

“Because, of course, I would’ve loved my mom to have met my kids, if I’m going to have kids,” he said. “And she will, in spirit. She’ll be there for it.I know she’s there, for all the big ones.”

Ultimately, Garfield concluded that “life is in charge.”

“We’ll see what happens,” he added. “I’m curious.”

source: people.com