Cameron Diaz has revealed why she decided to return to acting after a decade long hiatus. The Holiday actress, 52, officially retired from Hollywood in 2018 and her last film was Annie in 2014. However she has been lured back by her close friend Jamie Foxx to star alongside him in the pair's latest action comedy.
![[The Holiday actress, 52, officially retired from her Hollywood career in 2014, but has been lured back by her close friend Jamie Foxx to star alongside him in the pair's latest action comedy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/13/94211675-14295827-image-a-13_1737121494263.jpg)
Appearing on the upcoming episode of The Graham Norton Show on Friday, Cameron gushed: 'I am back all thanks to Jamie' as she admitted she would have been a 'fool' not to enter back into the industry. The star explained: 'I had 10 years of not paying attention to anything; not accepting any advances, and then I got this script and thought that maybe it was time.
![[Cameron famously walked away from Hollywood in 2018 to spend more time with her rocker husband Benji Madden, 45, who she shares her daughter with]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/13/94211959-14295827-image-a-22_1737122100780.jpg)
'If I was going to leave my family for 10 hours a day I wanted to do it with the most talented man in the entertainment business.'. Cameron Diaz has revealed she would have been a 'fool' not to return to Hollywood as she explains why she is back after decade-long hiatus.
The Holiday actress, 52, officially retired from her Hollywood career in 2014, but has been lured back by her close friend Jamie Foxx to star alongside him in the pair's latest action comedy. Expressing her gratitude to still work in the industry she added: 'It is a privilege to make films, and we are all so lucky to do what we do. That the door was even open for me after a decade was amazing.
![[Expressing her gratitude to still work in the industry she added: 'It is a privilege to make films, and we are all so lucky to do what we do. That the door was even open for me after a decade was amazing']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/13/94211651-14295827-image-m-19_1737121644981.jpg)
