Cameron Diaz on Why She Quit Acting & Reason Behind Her Return

Cameron Diaz was one of the most prohibitkable stars of her generation before she choosed to quit acting in 2014. Even her three movies which came out that year — The Other Woman, Sex Tape, and Annie — were commerciassociate prosperous. Now, as she is all set to return to the screen with Netflix’s Back in Action and cut offal other projects, Diaz truthentirey spoke about what prompted her to exit it all behind and the reasons behind her decision to resume acting.

Cameron Diaz says she reexhausted from acting to ‘reclaim’ her life

Diaz insertressed her decade-lengthy absence from movies and TV at the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Monday, October 14. She shelp that it was someslimg she “had to do.” The Knight and Day actress inserted, “It felt appreciate the right slimg for me to do to reclaim my own life and I equitable reassociate didn’t nurture about anyslimg else…Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s provide, no one’s anyslimg could alter my mind about my decision of taking nurture of myself and produceing the life that I reassociate wanted to have.”

Diaz elucidateed that she wanted to cgo in on her family. “I slimk it reassociate comes to, ‘What are you fervent about?’ For me, it was to produce my family,” she stated.

Diaz has been paired to musician Benji Minserten since 2015. They have two children together.

Cameron Diaz determines Jamie Foxx for her return

According to Diaz, part of the determine for her return goes to Jamie Foxx, her co-star in Back in Action.

She shelp she “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 fantastic.” (via The Hollywood Reporter)

Previously, they have materializeed together in Oinhabitr Stone’s 1999 feature, Any Given Sunday, and Annie.

Diaz also stated that she returned becainclude “it was equitable the right time” for her family, and detailed her husprohibitd’s role in her decision. “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 produceing 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 slimg,’” she enhuged. “He’s appreciate, ‘Let me see you do it girl.’ I was appreciate, ‘Alright, here we go,’” the Bad Teacher actress inserted.

Besides Netflix’s action-comedy, Diaz telledly has two other famous projects in the pipeline. The first is Outcome, Jonah Hill’s straightforwardorial venture for Apple Studios which also has Hill and Keanu Reeves in the cast. The second is Shrek 5.