Why Portia de Rossi Decided to Quit Acting – Then Came Back for Arrested Development

As Portia de Rossi approached her 45th birthday, she was mentally prepared to close the acting chapter of her life.
“You aren’t a big fan of doing press and talk shows,” said de Rossi’s wife and TV host Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “She really doesn’t. That’s why she actually quit acting. You decided you didn’t want to do anything more with acting and you got off of Scandal.”
“I was approaching 45