Cameron Diaz explains 10-year break from Hollywood as she returns to spotlight

Cameron Diaz didn’t think she’d ever make another movie, until Jamie Foxx called.Diaz revealed how she spent the last 10 years out of the spotlight before she returned to acting with Foxx’s “Back in Action.”“I was not keeping up with any kind of training,” the 52-year-old actress said in a video shared by “Still Watching Netflix.” “I did nothing public.I said no to everything, other than for my wine.” During her Hollywood hiatus, Diaz started her own wine company, Avaline.“That was what I was putting most of my focus on,” Diaz explained, “if I was doing anything other than just sort of being a mom and living my day to day.”The “Charlie’s Angels” star revealed what pushed her to jump back into acting after a decade out of the spotlight.

Diaz made 38 movies in 20 years.She is known for roles in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “My Sister’s Keeper,” “Shrek,” “The Other Woman” and many other films.“I didn’t think I was going to make another movie,” she admitted.

“I was perfectly happy, you know, just living my life doing other things.You know, like day in and day out, not movies.

And then I get a phone call from Jamie Foxx.And how do you say no to Jamie Foxx when he says, ‘Hey, I’ve got this big action comedy that we can just have so much fun on.’“If there’s anyone I’m going to go back and spend months on end, on set, having a ball, laughing with, it would be Jamie.” Diaz revealed nothing could have changed her mind about her decision to leave Hollywood in an October interview.

She stopped acting in 2014 to focus on building a life with husband Benji Madden.“It felt like the right thing for me to reclaim my own life, and I just really didn’t care about anything else,” the actress said during an appearance at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, according to E! News. “Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s offer, no one’s anythi...