Cameron Diaz Has Turned Down ‘Numerous Offers’ Since Stepping Away From Acting

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Retirement suits her! Cameron Diaz stepped away from acting after two decades in Hollywood, and while the industry would love for her to make a big return, she is happy with her life as it is.“Cameron had been going at a hundred miles an hour for so many years, and it’s no exaggeration to say acting had consumed her life to a degree she found unhealthy,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. “She loved the experience of being an actor and will always be so grateful for those opportunities.”Diaz, 49, eventually longed for a different kind of day-to-day. “She wanted to experience more natural and wholesome things in life and felt it was impossible to balance that with a full-time Hollywood acting career,” the insider says. “It took a lot of guts and a lot of thought for her to actually step away, but she looks back now and is proud she did it.

There are no regrets, and her life is way more balanced and healthy — both mentally and physically — than it was when she was charging around from role to role.”The California native got her start in the business when she starred in the 1994 movie The Mask.

After becoming an A-lister with an impressive list of hit movies under her belt, she confirmed in March 2018 that she had stepped away from acting.

She has since welcomed daughter Raddix, 2, with husband Benji Madden, whom she tied the knot with in January 2015.While Diaz is no longer in the limelight, she is “still very close” with Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow and more of her longtime friends from the industry.“[They] were both hugely supportive and pleased for her to forge her own career path,” the source shares. “Naturally they asked if she was certain this was what she wanted, but there was no doubt in