Cameron Diaz ‘just trying to stay alive like any other mother’
Cameron Diaz became clear what she’s been doing during her 10-year break from films – and raising children is at the top of the list.
“I couldn’t keep up with any training,” Diaz, 52, said of her break from Hollywood in a behind-the-scenes video from Netflixs Back in action Posted on Wednesday January 15th. “I didn’t do anything public. I said no to everything.”
The actress – her first film in a decade will be released on Netflix on Friday, January 17th – revealed she had started her wine company, Avalineduring her acting break.
“That’s what I focused on the most,” Diaz explained. “If I did something other than just be a mother and live my everyday life.”
Cameron Diaz had reached her breaking point. When “Annie” hit theaters in 2014, it was her 38th film in 20 years. “It’s so intense to work at this level, to be so public and put yourself out there,” she told friend Gwyneth Paltrow during a 2020 Goop interview. “There is a lot of energy (…)”
The mother-of-two admitted: “That’s pretty much it. I’m just trying to stay alive, just like any other mother. I just try to keep it going.”
Diaz had an extremely lucrative career, making 38 films in 20 years before going on hiatus after 2014 The other woman, Sex tape And Annie.
The following year the Charlie’s Angel Star shifted her focus to building her personal life. Diaz married Benji Madden In 2015 and 2018 she revealed she was “semi-retired” as an actress before clarifying that she was “actually retired.”
In 2019, Diaz and Madden, 45, welcomed their first child, a daughter Raddixabout replacement. The couple expanded their family in 2022 when their son, cardinalwas born as a surrogate mother.
That same year, Diaz came out of retirement to begin filming Back in action with Jamie Foxxwith whom she worked Annie almost a decade earlier.
In their new film, Diaz and Foxx, 57, play former CIA agents and married couple Emily and Matt, who are drawn into the world of espionage when their secret identities are exposed.
Back in action The kick provided the impetus for Diaz’s return to Hollywood. She has since filmed Apple TV+ Result with Keanu Reeves And Matt Bomer and will reprise her role as Princess Fiona enters Shrek 5.
“Cameron feels like she’s settled in now and is in a good place mentally.” a source shared exclusively for Us weekly‘s cover story earlier this month. “She has a new perspective on work and the industry as a whole.”
A second insider noted that Diaz’s “goal” going forward is to “pursue projects — be they in acting, business or family life — that feel meaningful and authentic.”
