Cameron Diaz Talks Return To Acting After 8-Year Hiatus During ‘Tonight Show’ Appearance

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Cameron Diaz appeared on Friday’s edition of “The Tonight Show”, where she opened up to host Jimmy Fallon about returning to acting after taking nearly a decade off.

Diaz, whose last screen role was in the 2014 movie musical “Annie”, will next be seen opposite Jamie Foxx in the movie “Back in Action”, and she discussed her feelings about preparing to step in front of a camera after taking so many years off.

Asked by Fallon whether she’s nervous or excited, she admitted, “I’m both. It’s a little bit of muscle memory, you know what I mean?

I did that for so long, it’s kind of like the process — I just fell back into it. But it feels a little bit different.” READ MORE: Cameron Diaz Reveals She Was Once Used As A Drug Mule Of course, she added, there’s a bit of a comfort level given that she and Foxx had previously worked together, in “Annie” and before that in 1999’s “Any Given Sunday”. “And I’ve also made two movies with Jamie Foxx, which is amazing,” she said. “The last movie I made was ‘Annie’ with Jamie, and so the first movie back is this film with Jamie.” She added, “He’s so great, he’s so easy, he’s so professional, he’s so talented.