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| Diaz's 10-year retirement 'best years' of her life | Diaz's 10-year retirement 'best years' of her life |
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| Diaz's last film was in 2014 when she played Ms Hannigan in the remake of Annie | Diaz's last film was in 2014 when she played Ms Hannigan in the remake of Annie |
| Actress Cameron Diaz has said the decade she spent in retirement from acting were "the best 10 years" of her life. | Actress Cameron Diaz has said the decade she spent in retirement from acting were "the best 10 years" of her life. |
| The Holiday star returned to screens this month in new spy thriller - Back in Action - with actor Jamie Foxx. | The Holiday star returned to screens this month in new spy thriller - Back in Action - with actor Jamie Foxx. |
| It is unclear if this is a permanent return to acting though, as she told BBC One's The Graham Norton Show "this is maybe the beginning... I don't know". | |
| Asked if she liked the anonymity of taking a step back, she said "omg I loved it", adding she was "free" to be a mom and a wife but that she was "really grateful" to be back. | Asked if she liked the anonymity of taking a step back, she said "omg I loved it", adding she was "free" to be a mom and a wife but that she was "really grateful" to be back. |
| Her last role was Ms Hannigan in the 2014 remake of Annie - a film which Foxx was also in. However, Diaz only formally confirmed her retirement from acting in 2018. | Her last role was Ms Hannigan in the 2014 remake of Annie - a film which Foxx was also in. However, Diaz only formally confirmed her retirement from acting in 2018. |
| Foxx, who has worked alongside Diaz twice before, said he persuaded her to come back to the industry by "very humbly" asking if she would return and "grace us with her incredible talent". | Foxx, who has worked alongside Diaz twice before, said he persuaded her to come back to the industry by "very humbly" asking if she would return and "grace us with her incredible talent". |
| She said she was back in the world of film "at least for this" after 10 years of "not even paying attention". | She said she was back in the world of film "at least for this" after 10 years of "not even paying attention". |
| When Diaz, 52, received the script for this new project, she and musician husband Benji Madden said "maybe it's time to switch it up for the family a little bit because, you know, it's Jamie". | |
| It would take someone special to "leave my family for 10 hours a day", she added. | It would take someone special to "leave my family for 10 hours a day", she added. |
| In Back in Action, Diaz and Foxx, 57, play a married couple - with children - and former spies who are forced out of retirement when danger finds them and puts their lives at risk. | |
| Diaz and Foxx play married former spies in their new film Back in Action | |
| Talking about her hiatus, Diaz called it the "best" 10 years of her life. | Talking about her hiatus, Diaz called it the "best" 10 years of her life. |
| "I was free to be [like] 'I'm a mum, I'm a wife, I'm living my life' - it was so lovely." | "I was free to be [like] 'I'm a mum, I'm a wife, I'm living my life' - it was so lovely." |
| "Ten years in, this made sense for my family," she explained. | "Ten years in, this made sense for my family," she explained. |
| When she first stepped away from acting, Diaz said she was still asked to play roles. | When she first stepped away from acting, Diaz said she was still asked to play roles. |
| "Everybody would be like: 'Would you like to -' No. | "Everybody would be like: 'Would you like to -' No. |
| "'You know, there's this thing -' I don't care. | "'You know, there's this thing -' I don't care. |
| "'Would you like to join us -' Nope, and then people stopped asking." | "'Would you like to join us -' Nope, and then people stopped asking." |
| Now, 10 years on, she told Norton she feels like it's a "privilege" to act. | Now, 10 years on, she told Norton she feels like it's a "privilege" to act. |
| "If I just let this go away, all of this goodwill that I got to build over so much time, the passion I have for entertaining people and making movies that people smile and laugh [at] and have a good time… if I don't engage that again, and give that a chance and participate in it and be grateful for it, then I would be a fool," she explained. | "If I just let this go away, all of this goodwill that I got to build over so much time, the passion I have for entertaining people and making movies that people smile and laugh [at] and have a good time… if I don't engage that again, and give that a chance and participate in it and be grateful for it, then I would be a fool," she explained. |
| She added: "Maybe I'll tip toe in, maybe just go gung-ho, I don't know." | She added: "Maybe I'll tip toe in, maybe just go gung-ho, I don't know." |
| The Graham Norton Show | |
| Graham welcomes the biggest stars of film, TV and music on to his sofa for chat, performances and comedy. |