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Oprah Winfrey has no plans to retire even though she is turning 70-years-old next month.

The movie and TV star said that she will work until her ‘last breath is done’ when speaking to People on Wednesday about her film The Color Purple for their cover story.

‘I will never be done until my last breath is done,’ the 69-year-old told the outlet. ‘And whenever that happens, it will be a peaceful breath.’ 

The actress — who also told the publication she has used a weight loss drug — said she will also continue to feel good about where she is in her life.

‘Gratitude really is my religion,’ she said. ‘It was spiritual opening for me to see my life in a different way.’ 

Oprah Winfrey has no plans to retire even though she is turning 70-years-old next month. The movie and TV star said that she will work until her 'last breath is done' when speaking to People on Wednesday about her film The Color Purple for their cover story. Seen on December 5

Oprah Winfrey has no plans to retire even though she is turning 70-years-old next month. The movie and TV star said that she will work until her ‘last breath is done’ when speaking to People on Wednesday about her film The Color Purple for their cover story. Seen on December 5 

She started working at a young age and never wants to stop; seen in 1971

She started working at a young age and never wants to stop; seen in 1971

She also mentioned that since it has been 12 years since the last episode of her talk show, there is a generation of people, ‘who only know me through memes and through what they’ve heard [through] their parents or grandparents.’

She continued: ‘Because what I hear all the time is, “My mother loves you. My mother loves you.”‘

She noted that is ‘great for me’ but has allowed her to realize it is important to focus on ‘abundance rather than scarcity’ and to ‘stand solidly’ in herself.

‘What I realize is that being able to stand solidly in the maturity of my own spiritual growth has been the thing that has brought me to this point,’ she explained.

In her interview, Oprah also spoke about The Color Purple — a film she starred in in the 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel but is now producing.

She said she loved the book so much and had prayed to be in the movie despite knowing its unlikelihood as she ‘knew no one in Hollywood’. 

She explained that it was a ‘miracle’ that she received a call from film producer Reuben Cannon explaining record producer Quincy Jones said she needed to be in the movie. 

The actress said she will continue her life-long purpose to uplift others and touch lives to show her gratitude for where her life is now; Winfrey poses with her portrait after it was hung at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington on Wednesday

The actress said she will continue her life-long purpose to uplift others and touch lives to show her gratitude for where her life is now; Winfrey poses with her portrait after it was hung at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington on Wednesday

She also mentioned that since it has been 12 years since the last episode of her talk show, there is a generation of people, 'who only know me through memes and through what they've heard [through] their parents or grandparents'

She noted that is 'great for me' but has allowed her to realize it is important to focus on 'abundance rather than scarcity' and to 'stand solidly' in herself

She also mentioned that since it has been 12 years since the last episode of her talk show, there is a generation of people, ‘who only know me through memes and through what they’ve heard [through] their parents or grandparents’

In her interview, Oprah also spoke about The Color Purple ¿ a film she previously played in in the 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker's novel. Winfrey also talked about producing the new musical movie, which has a Christmas Day premiere date

In her interview, Oprah also spoke about The Color Purple — a film she previously played in in the 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel. Winfrey also talked about producing the new musical movie, which has a Christmas Day premiere date

She recalled him telling her that Jones had happened to be in Chicago for a Michael Jackson-related lawsuit but saw her on television in the morning.

Winfrey also spoke about producing the new musical movie starring Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson.

Halle Bailey, Louis Gossett Jr., Corey Hawkins, David Alan Grier, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, H.E.R., Ciara, Jon Batiste and Deon Cole also star in the film.

It is an adaptation of the 2005 Tony-winning Broadway musical. 

The Color Purple arrives in theaters on December 25.

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