Cameron Diazis opening up about her decision to step away from acting.
The 48-year-old star joinedKevin Harton his Peacock talk show,Hart to Heart, on Thursday and explained that ultimately, acting was taking up too much of her life.
“Why did Cameron Diaz step away from the world of acting?” Hart, 42, asked Diaz. “What is it that motivated you to stop?”
Cameron Diaz.Peacock
Diaz said she started to realize around age 40 that there were “so many parts of my life … that I wasn’t touching and that I wasn’t managing.”
“It’s fun to do, I love it. I love acting,” she said, adding later in the conversation that she wanted to incorporate more simplicity into her every day.
Kevin Hart, Cameron Diaz.Peacock
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After the change, Diaz told Hart, “I feel whole.”
Diaz also noted that after stepping back from acting, she had time for “all those things I didn’t have time for before” — like meeting husbandBenji Maddenand starting a family. Diaz and Madden welcomed daughterRaddixin December 2019.
In March of this year, Diaz toldYahoo Finance Presentsthat she had already given “100 percent” to her acting career, “so it’s just a different time in my life now.”
Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz.Donato Sardella/Getty
“Now I’m hereand this is the most fulfilling thing that I’ve ever done in my life,” theCharlie’s Angelsstar said. “[To] have a family and be married and have our little nucleus of a family. It’s just completely the best thing.”
“I don’t have what it takes to give making a movie what it needs to be made. All of my energy is here,” she added.
Episodes ofHart to Heartdrop on Peacock every Thursday. Diaz’s episode is now streaming.
source: people.com
