Cameron Diaz reveals why she stops acting at the height of her career

"When you make a movie ... They have you."


Cameron Diaz Was one of Hollywood's most successful actors in the 90s and '00. OfThe Angels de CharlieComedy films hitBad teacher to the belovedShrek Franchise, she played in many well-loved and high films. His career was so huge that in 2013 was the highest female actor over 40 years old, as indicated byHollywood journalist. But after 20 years on the ground, Diaz decided tomake business Behind at the height of his fame. Although it can be a difficult choice to understand, she opened her doors about why she stops acting and how she fulfills her life now.

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Diaz found "peace" stop smoking.

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Talk toGwyneth Paltrow Last year for an episode ofAt Goop Health: sessionsDiaz said she started her life in the quarantine of her forty, after stopping acting. (The last role of the 48 year old star cinema was Miss Hannigan in 2014Annie.) The retreat allowed him to turn away from the "milling" of work and focusing on his personal life, she explained. In 2015, she married Charlotte wellBenji Madden, and they had their daughterRaddix MaddenIn 2019.

Paltrow Diaz asked how it felt his cinematographic career as important. "A peace, I receive peace in my soul," said Diaz. "Because I finally take care of myself."

Diaz added that being in the spotlight was too intense for her.

"There is a lot of energy to you at any time," she explained. "When you're really visible as an actor and make a press and put me there ... I get the overwhelming energy of the attention that being put on me."

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She felt like her career "possessed it".

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The star also told Paltrow that when she looked at her career, she realized how attached she had been attached.

"When you make a movie, it's a perfect excuse, they have you," said Diaz. "You're there 12 hours a day for months. You do not have time for something else."

The former actor noted that the responsibility for "multiple-dollar images" meant that she was still surrounded by press and paparazzi. Diaz and Paltrow also spoke about the way it is strange that it must be "taken into account" on series of films, to the point where they do not even have transported their own bags. Diaz did not appreciate this part of the culture.

"It was not my comfort zone, to take charge, but I understood that it was part of the work," she said. "And for me, I needed to become self-sufficient again. I really need to know that I could take care of me and I knew how to be an adult. And I knew how to navigate the world of complexity to be an adult and having responsibilities, and put all the pieces of my life together the way I wanted it to be. "

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Diaz does not necessarily stop act forever.

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When she was on her Sirius XM show in February,Andy CohenAsked if Diaz would consider acting again. She said she did not seek any concert at the time and did not know if she would do it because she was so focused on her family. It does not mean that she has stopped playing for good, however.

"Do never say," said Diaz. "But I could not imagine being a mother now, where I am a mother with my child in her first year, having to be on a set of movie that takes 14 hours, 16 hours of my day of my child. I do not Would not have been the mother I have now had chosen to do it at any time in my life. "

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Diaz co-founded a wine company last year.

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The old Hollywood star is now an entrepreneur. Diaz launched the avaline wine company with its business partnerKatherine Power inJuly 2020. The wines they create are free ofAnimal by-products and made from organic grapes. She also wrote two books on health:THE BODY BOOKandThe longevity book .

Talking to Yahoo! Finance In March, Diaz spoke of being the driving force behind a brand she believes.

"I always promote my products, which are my films," she said. "So, I'm not really an endorser. So, I never jumped on another product. It felt just for me to put my name and my energy behind a product I was co-founded with Katherine. It was ours. We built from the earth up. "

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