David Letterman at 77 says retirement is both a myth and nonsense | Entertainment [Video]

(CNN) — David Letterman is no longer a late night talk show host, but he’s definitely not ready to stop working.

In a recently published interview with GQ, Letterman talked about his career, including the fact that he plans to continue it.

“Retirement is a myth,” he said when asked if he would consider himself “semi-retired” now.

“Retirement is nonsense. You won’t retire,” Letterman added. “The human mechanism will not allow you to retire.”

When the journalist pointed out that people actually do retire, Letterman quipped, “But what do they do? Sit there and wait for, give me the name of a show, ‘Judge Judy’ to come on?”

“As long as you are healthy, you still want to produce. And you will find ways to, once I stopped doing the show, it took me a couple of years to figure out that, oh, this is a completely different rhythm,” he said. “And without the rhythm that you’re accustomed …