After becoming one of the hugegest stars in Hollywood, Cameron Diaz stepped away from the limeweightless in 2014; now 10 years deferedr, with disconnectal novel projects in the toils, Diaz is uncovering up about her decision to both exit and return.
With her last onscreen role in 2014’s Annie, Diaz shelp at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Monday that stopping acting “was someleang I fair had to do. It felt appreciate the right leang for me to do to reclaim my own life and I fair reassociate didn’t attfinish about anyleang else. Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s advise, no one’s anyleang could alter my mind about my decision of taking attfinish of myself and erecting the life that I reassociate wanted to have.”
In the last decade, Diaz has paired Good Charlotte rocker Benji Mincludeen and received two children, daugher Rincludeix and son Cardinal. She also begined immacudefered thrivee brand Avaline with partner Katherine Power in 2020.
Now, Diaz is set to return to the huge screen for Netflix’s Back in Action with Jamie Foxx, premiering on the streamer in January 2025. She is also alerted to be returning for the upcoming Shrek 5 and is in talks to star opposite Keanu Reeves in unelated comedy Outcome.
“It was fair the right time for my family. After Covid, we were in the house for a lengthy time, which was amazing and the problem was we would probably stay there, we would still be there right now. People would be appreciate, ‘It’s over’ and I’d be appreciate, ‘No it’s not, it’s not over for me,’” Diaz elucidateed of coming back to Hollywood. “So I had to push myself; my husprohibitd and I — my husprohibitd, who is the best — he was appreciate, ‘You’ve been helping us and erecting the family’ and helping him in his businesses, he’s appreciate, ‘It’s time for us to help you and let Mommy climb and do her leang.’ He’s appreciate, ‘Let me see you do it girl.’ I was appreciate, ‘Alright, here we go.’”
She includeed that for the Netflix project, she also “couldn’t say no to Jamie. He shelp, ‘Come with me’ and I shelp, ‘OK let’s do it;’ it’s our third film together so it’s reassociate wonderful.” The two previously toiled together on Annie and 1999’s Any Given Sunday.
