Was the Christmas’ Eve of 2014 when in American rooms came out “Annie – Happiness is contagious», The last film in which he participated Cameron Diaz in his career of actress. Six years later, and two years after official confirmation of his retirement from the stage, the now ex diva of cinema reveals why he decided to say enough with filming: «The problem is when you’re on set, Hollywood owns you».
“You must be there 12 hours a day, for months, and you do not have time for nothing else, “she explained to her friend Gwyneth Paltrow during his podcast «In Goop Health». «You understand me, many others think not because it is not easy to explain. Working at that level and exposing yourself so much publicly creates you great deal pressure: there is like an energy that overwhelms you when you are in the spotlight as the actress ».
«It must also be said that The actors in Hollywood they are as well infantilizedAdded Cameron, who will accomplish 48 years old at the end of the month. “They are put in a position where everyone they take care of them, nothing must happen to him because I am the stars of the filmotherwise everything crashes. I have left the cinema also because I needed to figure out if I was still capable of get by on my own and to face the world ».
A choice that Cameron, originally from San Diego, he absolutely does not regret: «I understood that I had delegated parts of my life to other people and them they took it. I realized that I had to take back control, take responsibility, repair some relationships and build others ». Thus, in 2015 came the wedding with Benji Madden and at the end of 2019 the daughter Raddix with surrogate mother.
“I needed to get myself take care of myself. Now, finally, I feel peace in my soul».
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