Cameron Diaz was some of the bankable stars of her technology earlier than she determined to give up appearing in 2014. Even her three films which got here out that 12 months — The Other Woman, Sex Tape, and Annie — have been commercially profitable. Now, as she is all set to return to the display screen with Netflix’s Back in Action and several other different tasks, Diaz candidly spoke about what prompted her to depart all of it behind and the explanations behind her choice to renew appearing.

Cameron Diaz says she retired from appearing to ‘reclaim’ her life

Diaz addressed her decade-long absence from films and TV on the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit on Monday, October 14. She mentioned that it was one thing she “had to do.” The Knight and Day actress added, “It felt like the right thing for me to do to reclaim my own life and I just really didn’t care about anything else…Nobody’s opinion, nobody’s success, no one’s offer, no one’s anything could change my mind about my decision of taking care of myself and building the life that I really wanted to have.”

Diaz defined that she needed to focus on her household. “I think it really comes to, ‘What are you passionate about?’ For me, it was to build my family,” she acknowledged.

Diaz has been married to musician Benji Madden since 2015. They have two kids collectively.

Cameron Diaz credit Jamie Foxx for her return

According to Diaz, a part of the credit score for her return goes to Jamie Foxx, her co-star in Back in Action.

She mentioned she “couldn’t say no to Jamie. He said, ‘Come with me’ and I said, ‘OK let’s do it;’ it’s our third film together so it’s really great.” (through The Hollywood Reporter)

Previously, they’ve appeared collectively in Oliver Stone’s 1999 characteristic, Any Given Sunday, and Annie.

Diaz additionally acknowledged that she returned as a result of “it was just the right time” for her household, and detailed her husband’s function in her choice. “So I had to push myself; my husband and I — my husband, who is the best — he was like, ‘You’ve been supporting us and building the family’ and supporting him in his businesses, he’s like, ‘It’s time for us to support you and let Mommy ascend and do her thing,’” she elaborated. “He’s like, ‘Let me see you do it girl.’ I was like, ‘Alright, here we go,’” the Bad Teacher actress added.

Besides Netflix’s action-comedy, Diaz reportedly has two different outstanding tasks within the pipeline. The first is Outcome, Jonah Hill’s directorial enterprise for Apple Studios which additionally has Hill and Keanu Reeves within the solid. The second is Shrek 5.