Cameron Diaz Says She Quit Acting to Make “Life Manageable”

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Cameron Diaz has no regrets about stepping away from acting, saying that there were “so many parts of my life...that I wasn't touching and that I wasn't managing.” https://t.co/jHBlwr1vjF
- VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 13, 2021

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her last credit is 2014's Annie

speaking on Kevin Hart’s new Peacock talk show:

“When you do something at a

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[britneys]

I didn't even realize she was gone.

[jjazz59]

She wasn't my favorite actor so I didn't miss her.

[renner4ever]

Ikr! We all know she was getting long in the tooth for Hollywood & no one was calling anymore.

[bellwetherr]

this is gross but on brand for you i guess

[mary_pickforded]

[my_moloko]

The dream!

[maidenhell]

LinkedIn is such a pile of bullshit.

[yankeesarelove]

there's something that rubs me wrong when celebrities say things like this- like she had the luxury of literally quitting her job and just living her life however she wants and she doesn't even acknowledge that utter privilege. They all frame it as this "I'm finally happy"/brave thing and its just.. utter privilege.

[the_pinkdress]

Also the idea that ‘everyone did everything for me’ had to do with operating at a higher level and working hard, and not with the fact that rich celebrities are spoiled, catered to, and coddled. Even now there are no doubt many things taken out of her hands that many people still have to manage for themselves or even struggle to afford.

[yankeesarelove]

yeah exactly! like clearly she had an entire career staff, being an A-list actress, but she also had a private chef, house staff, etc that she very easily could've done herself and not 'missed out on'.

[gloeden2]

She's living the dream: The ability to choose because you are not forced to work. Why does she have to acknowledge privilege when it's something we all crave and congratulate others for achieving? She's not flexing on us workers ("Ha ha! Look at you working like a sucker while I'm free!") or acting like she's better than us ("You're all slaves to the man! Be free like me!") She's explaining why we haven't seen her working in films, not shoving our face in her good fortune.

[melancolour]

Good for her tbh-- she was A-list, she probably took her money and RAN. Goals tbh!

[olabitchola]

Good for her. I don't blame her.. She just naturally aged out of that "ditzy girl next door" role she was usually cast in. She's smart to focus on other things.

[genbu_no_miko24]

She also says that since stopping she had time to start a family and focus all her energy on that which she acknowledges she probably wouldn’t have had time to do if she was still acting.

[adrock]

that's at the latter half of her career, at a time when you could still make the argument that she had aged out of the ditz roles and was seeing what else she could fit into