Cameron Diaz says she left Hollywood in 2014 to 'relive my life'

A1 Digital India News: Cameron Diaz hasn't appeared on screen since 2014, and in 2018 she officially announced her retirement from acting during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, Diaz said, "For me, it's just something that I do." "It feels like I have to do something to get my life back. And I don't really care about anything else."

Diaz began her second chapter as a winemaker in 2020 when she launched vegan-friendly wine brand Evelyn with friend Katherine Power. By then, she had completely reshaped her life from what had defined her for the past three decades.

"Nobody's opinion, nobody's success, nobody's proposal, nobody's anything can change my decision to think about myself and create the life that I really want to live," Diaz added. "It really depends: What are you passionate about? For me, it was building my family."

Diaz and her husband, musician Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte, welcomed their first child via surrogate in 2019 and their second in March this year. But Diaz isn't done with movies just yet. In January, she'll star in the action comedy Back in Action for Netflix alongside Jamie Foxx - with whom she worked in Any Given Sunday and the last film to date, Annie.

Diaz and Foxx play Emily and Matt, a pair of former spies who leave their careers at the CIA to start a family together - until their secret is exposed, forcing them to return to the world of espionage.

Diaz credits the Oscar winner with convincing her to get back in front of the camera, writing on Instagram about the film, which will be released in 2022, "Jamie Foxx, you're the only person who can get me back in action!!! I can't wait." , The". This is going to be a blast!”.