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

The 'We Live in Time' star shared his thoughts about whether he wants to become a dad

Andrew Garfield isn't quite sure he wants to become a father.

While the actor, 41, is playing a parent in his new movie We Live in Time alongside costar Florence Pugh, Garfield tells Esquire in 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.

He also notes that bringing a baby into the world is a huge deal, and shouldn't be taken lightly by anyone, but "particularly bringing new life into the context of my life, there's a heavy burden there," referring to his level of celebrity.

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Garfield has previously addressed his uncertainty about becoming a father, telling GQ in a 2022 interview that he was in a different place in life than he expected as he 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 kids and settle down, and they're all shacked up and a couple of kids deep, for the most part," he shared.

Garfield said he'd recently been "releasing myself from the societal obligation of procreating by the time I'm 40."

"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," the Under the Banner of Heaven star explained.

"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 after losing 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."

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