Cameron Diaz left the world of acting in 2014, and she hasn’t looked back. In a new interview, the Shrek star admitted that she doesn’t miss performing at all since her retirement.
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“I started [experiencing fame] when I was 22, so 25 years ago — that’s a long time,” the 46-year-old told InStyle.
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“The way I look at it is that I’ve given more than half of my life to the public. I feel it’s OK for me to take time for myself now to reorganize and choose how I want to come [back] into the world,” she said about her hiatus from the spotlight. “If I decide to.”
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“I don’t miss performing,” she said about her long career on-screen. Her last films, which came out in 2014, include
Annie, which also starred
Jamie Foxx, and
The Other Woman, which also starred
Kate Upton and
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
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Instead, Cameron is looking at the “landscape of wellness” to find her next project. “But whatever I do, it has to be something I’m passionate about — something that just feels effortless,” she explained.
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She said part of her reluctance to go back is because of how much the landscape of Hollywood has changed — including the reliance on social media. “It’s fun to just not have anybody know what I’m up to. Because my time is all mine. I’m not selling any films, and because I’m not selling anything, I don’t have to give anybody anything. I’m not doing this anymore. I’m living my life,” she said.
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In 2015, she
married Benji Madden. “Getting married to him was the best thing that ever happened to me. My husband’s the best. He’s the greatest human being, and he’s my great partner,” she said. The intensely private couple have stayed out of the spotlight together.
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“I started [experiencing fame] when I was 22, so 25 years ago — that’s a long time,” the 46-year-old told InStyle.
Photo credit: Stewart Cook/Variety/Shutterstock
“The way I look at it is that I’ve given more than half of my life to the public. I feel it’s OK for me to take time for myself now to reorganize and choose how I want to come [back] into the world,” she said about her hiatus from the spotlight. “If I decide to.”
Photo credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock
“I don’t miss performing,” she said about her long career on-screen. Her last films, which came out in 2014, include
Annie, which also starred
Jamie Foxx, and
The Other Woman, which also starred
Kate Upton and
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Photo credit: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock
Instead, Cameron is looking at the “landscape of wellness” to find her next project. “But whatever I do, it has to be something I’m passionate about — something that just feels effortless,” she explained.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
She said part of her reluctance to go back is because of how much the landscape of Hollywood has changed — including the reliance on social media. “It’s fun to just not have anybody know what I’m up to. Because my time is all mine. I’m not selling any films, and because I’m not selling anything, I don’t have to give anybody anything. I’m not doing this anymore. I’m living my life,” she said.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
In 2015, she
married Benji Madden. “Getting married to him was the best thing that ever happened to me. My husband’s the best. He’s the greatest human being, and he’s my great partner,” she said. The intensely private couple have stayed out of the spotlight together.
Photo credit: Shutterstock
What do you think of Cameron not wanting to act again? Sound off in the comments!
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