Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesBryan Cranstonhas pledged to retire from acting in 2026 to devote more time to his wife, Robin Dearden.Speaking withBritishGQfor the outlet’s June cover story, theBreaking Badalum, 67, dished about his three-year exit plan from show business, telling the outlet, “I want to change the paradigm once again.““For the last 24 years, Robin has led her life holding onto my tail,” he said. “She’s been the plus one, she’s been the wife of a celebrity. She’s had to pivot and adjust her life based on mine. She has tremendous benefit from it, but we’re uneven. I want to level that out. She deserves it.”Noting how he and his wife “have been going to therapy together since before we were married,” Cranston continued, “I look at it like the warning light going off on your dashboard. It’s telling you, ‘You might want to pay attention to this.’ ““I love my wife, and we want to go the distance, but I want to do it in a healthy way,” theAsteroid Citystar added. “I don’t want to just be with her. I don’t want to just have the two of us go into a restaurant and no one says a word.”Paola KudackiCranston and Dearden, who are parents to daughter Taylor, first met while filming a scene together on the CBS showAirwolfin 1986. At the time, they were both in committed relationships.They then started dating a year later, and Dearden, 69, told PEOPLE in a2016 interview, “I thought that he was the funniest man that I had ever met.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Describing a “perfect day” with his wife, theDos Hombresco-founder gave PEOPLE an example back in January.“We have an apartment in New York, and we had people over on Thanksgiving morning and watched the parade from my balcony,” he said. “We had bagels, coffee and champagne. It kick-starts you into the holiday spirit.“Despite his busy schedule, Cranston also told PEOPLE how he jumps in as a handyman around the house. “We had a clogged toilet. My wife goes, ‘Something’s wrong,’ and I get up and grab the plunger, and there I am. I do what needs to be done,” he said.CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via GettyCranston will be speaking at theGQHeroesconference in association with BMW, taking place at the Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire from July 19-21.The Summer issue of BritishGQis available on newsstands starting June 13.

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Bryan Cranston Plans on Retiring from Acting in 2026 for Wife Robin: ‘I Want to Change the Paradigm'

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Bryan Cranstonhas pledged to retire from acting in 2026 to devote more time to his wife, Robin Dearden.Speaking withBritishGQfor the outlet’s June cover story, theBreaking Badalum, 67, dished about his three-year exit plan from show business, telling the outlet, “I want to change the paradigm once again.““For the last 24 years, Robin has led her life holding onto my tail,” he said. “She’s been the plus one, she’s been the wife of a celebrity. She’s had to pivot and adjust her life based on mine. She has tremendous benefit from it, but we’re uneven. I want to level that out. She deserves it.”Noting how he and his wife “have been going to therapy together since before we were married,” Cranston continued, “I look at it like the warning light going off on your dashboard. It’s telling you, ‘You might want to pay attention to this.’ ““I love my wife, and we want to go the distance, but I want to do it in a healthy way,” theAsteroid Citystar added. “I don’t want to just be with her. I don’t want to just have the two of us go into a restaurant and no one says a word.”Paola KudackiCranston and Dearden, who are parents to daughter Taylor, first met while filming a scene together on the CBS showAirwolfin 1986. At the time, they were both in committed relationships.They then started dating a year later, and Dearden, 69, told PEOPLE in a2016 interview, “I thought that he was the funniest man that I had ever met.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Describing a “perfect day” with his wife, theDos Hombresco-founder gave PEOPLE an example back in January.“We have an apartment in New York, and we had people over on Thanksgiving morning and watched the parade from my balcony,” he said. “We had bagels, coffee and champagne. It kick-starts you into the holiday spirit.“Despite his busy schedule, Cranston also told PEOPLE how he jumps in as a handyman around the house. “We had a clogged toilet. My wife goes, ‘Something’s wrong,’ and I get up and grab the plunger, and there I am. I do what needs to be done,” he said.CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via GettyCranston will be speaking at theGQHeroesconference in association with BMW, taking place at the Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire from July 19-21.The Summer issue of BritishGQis available on newsstands starting June 13.

Bryan Cranstonhas pledged to retire from acting in 2026 to devote more time to his wife, Robin Dearden.

Speaking withBritishGQfor the outlet’s June cover story, theBreaking Badalum, 67, dished about his three-year exit plan from show business, telling the outlet, “I want to change the paradigm once again.”

“For the last 24 years, Robin has led her life holding onto my tail,” he said. “She’s been the plus one, she’s been the wife of a celebrity. She’s had to pivot and adjust her life based on mine. She has tremendous benefit from it, but we’re uneven. I want to level that out. She deserves it.”

Noting how he and his wife “have been going to therapy together since before we were married,” Cranston continued, “I look at it like the warning light going off on your dashboard. It’s telling you, ‘You might want to pay attention to this.’ "

“I love my wife, and we want to go the distance, but I want to do it in a healthy way,” theAsteroid Citystar added. “I don’t want to just be with her. I don’t want to just have the two of us go into a restaurant and no one says a word.”

Paola Kudacki

Bryan Cranston Plans on Retiring from Acting in 2026 for Wife Robin: ‘I Want to Change the Paradigm'

Cranston and Dearden, who are parents to daughter Taylor, first met while filming a scene together on the CBS showAirwolfin 1986. At the time, they were both in committed relationships.

They then started dating a year later, and Dearden, 69, told PEOPLE in a2016 interview, “I thought that he was the funniest man that I had ever met.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Describing a “perfect day” with his wife, theDos Hombresco-founder gave PEOPLE an example back in January.

“We have an apartment in New York, and we had people over on Thanksgiving morning and watched the parade from my balcony,” he said. “We had bagels, coffee and champagne. It kick-starts you into the holiday spirit.”

Despite his busy schedule, Cranston also told PEOPLE how he jumps in as a handyman around the house. “We had a clogged toilet. My wife goes, ‘Something’s wrong,’ and I get up and grab the plunger, and there I am. I do what needs to be done,” he said.

CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty

Bryan Cranston (L) arrives with US actress Robin Dearden for the screening of the film “Asteroid City” during the 76th edition of the Cannes

Cranston will be speaking at theGQHeroesconference in association with BMW, taking place at the Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire from July 19-21.

The Summer issue of BritishGQis available on newsstands starting June 13.

source: people.com