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Cameron Diaz Says Decade-Long Acting Hiatus Was 'Best 10 Years' of Her Life


Cameron Diaz thoroughly enjoyed her break from acting before returning for her latest role in Netflix’s ‘Back in Action’

It was the best 10 years of my life,” Diaz, 52, said on the Friday, January 17, episode of The Graham Norton Show regarding her retirement from making movies. “I just said to myself, if I just let this go, all of this goodwill, all of this which I got to build over so much time, the passion that I have for entertaining people and making movies that [make] people smile and laugh and have a good time, and they sit in the theater or they sit at home and it moves them — if I don’t engage in that again and give that a chance and participate in it and be grateful for it, I would be a fool.” Earlier this month, a source told Us Weekly that Diaz’s decision to act again “evolved over time,” adding, “It wasn’t sudden.”

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