Six years later, Goldie Hawn still waiting for the right script

Goldie Hawn has not appeared on screen in six years, but she says she is not ruling out a return to acting — as long as someone brings her a script worth her time.

“It’s about the content,” Ms. Hawn told People in an interview published Tuesday. “Acting for acting’s sake, taking things … I’ve read a lot of shows, a lot of scripts that I didn’t like, or I didn’t think I’d fit.”

The 80-year-old Oscar winner last appeared in “The Christmas Chronicles 2” in 2020, playing Mrs. Claus opposite her longtime partner Kurt Russell. Her career spans nearly six decades and includes celebrated roles in “Private Benjamin,” for which she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination, “Overboard,” “Death Becomes Her” and “The First Wives Club.”

She told People that she has reached a point in her career where she would need to be genuinely compelled by a project to pursue it. “The one thing about acting is that I’ve done it, and I had a great career, and I honor that,” Ms. Hawn said. “I would love to get a material that could actually be like, ’Oh my God, I want this so bad. This is so funny. She’s so crazy. She’s so interesting.’ But I haven’t come across it.”

The door for a return, however, may rest with her daughter. Kate Hudson, 46, has floated the idea of writing a project for both Ms. Hawn and Mr. Russell to star in. “I would love that. And the two of us have thought a lot about it,” Ms. Hawn told People. Ms. Hudson previously told Variety that nothing so far has felt right for a mother-daughter pairing. “People have tried, but the material hasn’t fit,” she said. “I’d love something in the spirit of ’Postcards From the Edge,’ but that kind of role hasn’t been presented to us. We’d probably have to create it ourselves.”

Ms. Hawn also reflected on the broader changes in her life since stepping back from the screen. Beyond her relationship with Mr. Russell, which she has credited in part to a sense of mutual “freedom,” Ms. Hawn said her focus has shifted toward personal fulfillment. “My life’s mission is to be happy. My life’s mission is to be an example for my children and my family,” she told People.

Mr. Russell, 75, has spoken publicly about how his own current work reflects their bond. In an interview with Fox News Digital earlier this month, he said the love story at the center of his new Paramount+ series “The Madison” — in which he plays a husband whose death sets the show’s emotional arc in motion — mirrored his feelings for Ms. Hawn. “I had a hard time getting through the scripts,” Mr. Russell said. “They just kept hitting me really hard.”

Ms. Hawn, who turned 80 in November, is channeling her energy into a new children’s book series. “The After-School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose,” co-written with author Lin Oliver, is set for release May 5 and incorporates principles from MindUP, the school-based mental health program Ms. Hawn founded more than two decades ago.

Ms. Hawn has two children, Kate and Oliver Hudson, from her previous marriage to Bill Hudson. She and Mr. Russell, who began dating in 1983, share a son, Wyatt Russell.