Cameron Diaz has opened up about returning to her acting career after going into retirement six years ago.
The actress hasn’t starred in a motion picture in ten years, the 2014 musical Annie.
However, she has several projects in the works, including Back in Action, which she will share on Netflix alongside Jamie Foxx.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, during an appearance at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Monday, Cameron revealed she had to “push” herself to return in front of the camera after enjoying time with her family.
Since her last film, she also entered the wine business, launching the natural wine brand Avaline in 2020.
The actress admitted she happily could have remained at home with family but was persuaded to act again by her husband Benji Madden.
“It was just the right time for my family. After Covid, we were in the house for a long time, which was amazing and the problem was we would probably stay there, we would still be there right now,” Cameron confessed.
“People would be like, ‘It’s over’ and I’d be like, ‘No it’s not, it’s not over for me,’ she said of returning to acting.
“So I had to push myself; my husband and I — my husband, who is the best — he was like, ‘You’ve been supporting us and building the family’ and supporting him in his businesses, he’s like, ‘It’s time for us to support you and let Mommy ascend and do her thing.'”
“‘He’s like, ‘Let me see you do it girl.’ I was like, ‘Alright, here we go.'”
Cameron Diaz is officially out of retirement.
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Jamie Foxx asked Cameron to work with him on Back In Action, and Cameron, who had previously collaborated with him on Annie and the 1999 movie Any Given Sunday, said she “couldn’t say no” to him.
“‘He said, Come with me’ and I said, ‘OK let’s do it;’ it’s our third film together so it’s really great.”
