The Holiday actor took a step back from acting in 2014 for 10 years but has made her return alongside Jamie Foxx in the Netflix movie Back in Action, which sees the pair play former CIA spies who are pulled back into the profession.
Speaking about the reason why she took a step away from acting, she said during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit: “It felt like the right thing for me to reclaim my own life and I just really didn’t care about anything else.
Reflecting on returning to set to shoot Back In Action, Diaz said she was shocked when a representative from HR notified her of an anonymous hotline for cast and crew to report any issues of inappropriate behaviour.
“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 remarked that pre-MeToo, she found that there was always that “one guy” on film production sets who would make women feel uncomfortable.
