Keanu Reeves Reveals Why Death is Always on His Mind
Keanu Reeves always has an eye towards the future.
The Matrix star recently shared that as he’s started to get older, he is trying to make peace with the idea of dying.
“I’m 59,” Keanu told BBC News in an interview published July 22, “so I’m thinking about death all the time.”
And while he joked that he’s “young old,” he believes that “thinking about death is good.”
“Hopefully it sensitizes to an appreciate of the breath we have,” he continued, “and the relationships that we have the potential to have.”
In fact, the Speed actor is exploring the end of life even more in his new novel, The Book of Elsewhere, about an immortal warrior who wishes he could die.
But this is far from the first time Keanu has ruminated on the idea of death. During a 2019 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the conversation took a philosophical turn when the host asked Keanu, “What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?”