Cameron Diaz found 'peace' by quitting acting

When did she start?

She really did quit just slightly on the other side of the peak of her career.

She certainly hadn't gone into freefall.

Easy to say once you’ve made millions.

I love her, but she’s quirky, typecast and (not her fault) dated. She followed Jim Carrey’s trajectory that the audience’s perception of her outshines any potential for a new role.

She also isn’t getting any younger and couldn’t keep playing the same youngish parts.

I’d love to see her do some modern remake of Shakespeare with a meaty part in a gender bending or time traveling role, something wildly unexpected.

I admire her for pulling a Garbo, but it's unfortunate that Annie turned out to be her swan song...Didn't she win a razzie award for it?

Good for you, Cam.

Honestly, I miss her. I’ve liked most movies she’s been in and she always seemed like a chill person. Glad she’s out of the game and happy.

That is not the face or personality of a Garbo, R4. Good heavens. Mind your references, gurl.

It's more the "pulling" of a Debra Winger.

did she get her face sanded and rid of the pock marks???

Good for her! Take the money and run, honey. She always struck me as a great broad!

I know the name but honestly can't remember who she is.

I like her for just peacing out. Naming her daughter Raddix is unforgivable though.

I've had self-sufficient!

[quote]Cameron Diaz found 'peace' by quitting acting

I didn't realize she'd ever started.

It was a relief to us all, dear, when you quit.

I would also find peace by quitting my job.

But I’ll be working till I’m 70 because I can’t afford retirement.

Have always liked her. Seemed like an easy going type always. And her entry scene in the Mask is a classic. Wish her the best

[quote] Seemed like an easy going type always.

In fact, she was Hell on Wheels.

R5 [italic]Garbo??[/italic]

Before I completely gave up on cable 5 years ago, the last movie to be categorized as "If it's airing, I'll probably watch it," was "The Other Woman." Even in her shittiest films Cameron managed to rise above the material. However, her schtick was sexy and quirky, which doesn't translate well into one's 40s and 50s. Good for her, quitting while she was ahead.

I suspect it’s more about Hollywood quitting Cameron than the other way around. Hollywood is obsessed with female youth and the money it brings. She aged out and couldn’t compete with the newer, shinier starlets that were promoted. Another major reason was that movie audiences probably lost interest.

This is what happened to Gwyneth. She didn’t decide that being a snake oil peddler was more fulfilling. Nobody wanted to watch her pretentious, desiccated face on the big screen anymore.

Gwyneth has 1% of the charisma Cam has.

Aside from them being blondes, their acting careers, projects, and trajectories have nothing in common.

And it’s too bad because Cameron has a lot of personality. Gwyneth, not so much. That one’s high on her own farts.

Has she found a good dermatologist?

Wasn’t she she highest paid actress in Hollywood at one point? I never understood the fascination.

She lightweight as an actor

No big loss. She wasn't much of an actress and she was odd looking. Could be glammed up like in The Mask but was usually kind of goofy looking. The Holiday showcased her lack of talent.

Maybe she'll make a comeback when she's 90. Like Gloria Stuart did for TITANTIC.

Never say never, Cam!

Her husband is majorly ugly

R21: Who said they had the same careers and trajectories? They both aged out.

What ultimately matters is if an actor/actress can put asses in movie theater seats. It's a business first and foremost. The U.S. and its dream factory (Hollywood) are fixated on female youth. That's always been a major draw for the public. Hell, we have pervs here that can't wait for some starlet to turn 18. The regular pattern is that established actresses with fading looks lose out to younger up-and-comers. There are exceptions like Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren.

Look at the UK and French film industries. Older actresses still get work. The French view older women as desirable. Hollywood producers, meanwhile, still cast women based on their youthful fuckability.

She's no heavyweight, [R25], that's for sure - but she did have a very naturalistic screen presence and terrific charisma.

She can’t compete with someone like Margot Robbie

I like her.

She’s not controversial, just plain nice

We’ll never know if a 50-something Cam could fill seats since she quit years ago now WON’T we R29?

Until then we will always have this cinematic masterpiece that should be archived in the Library of Congress

R34: As I already wrote, she didn't quit. Hollywood stopped hiring her. She and Gwyneth are saving face by declaring that they're done with acting. Cameron committed an unforgivable sin in that town: she got old. That's why so many actresses get plastic surgery. They're competing with fresh-faced youngsters for a limited number of roles (Streep, Mirren, and Dench excluded).

She’s no Nicole K

She's UGLY was always UGLY, much like Gweeth . You want to be blonde, fine. But leave breaking the dumb blonde stereotype to better, prettier actresses, not someone with big acne craters and crevices on her face.

R20: Pay attention Margot Robbie. This is you in five to ten years.

lol SOURCE or stop talking out your ass, R35.

Plenty of actresses in their 40s get work:

Amy Adams

Elizabeth Banks

Jessica Chastain

Isla Fisher

Christina Hendricks

Charlize Theron

Angelina Jolie...

Need I go on? Cameron could have easily found work and continued her career. Hell, the money she made off of Shrek alone, and you didn't even need to see her "fading beauty" because she played a fuggo ogress.

Why is she constantly compared to Gwyneth here ?

Did she treat her pimples with a cheese grater?

When the best thing you can say about her acting is that she's better than Jennifer homewrecker Aniston, then that is a backhanded compliment if ever there was one.

I'm sure she has at least $100million in the bank. Plus, she'll probably make a comeback at some point. She was just on Jimmy Fallon two weeks ago so she's not completely done with the business.

Just think of this as a long hiatus break. She'll be back one day, they always come back eventually. Even Greda Garbo tried to make a come in the Movies.

She’ll comeback in a granny role

Diaz is a fun actress who was willing to take chances and offered a variety of characterisations in good films like My Best Friend's Wedding and Being John Malkovich. She's quite convincing and entertaining as the obsessed ex in Vanilla Sky. In some respects, she was underrated as you can see from some of the comments here dismissing or minimising her talent. One of my favourite performances of 2011 is her comical turn in Bad Teacher. I liked her in The Counselor as well and In Her Shoes.

She found a man who loves her and she loves him. She's a mother. I think she's happy now. Good for her.

Bad Teacher is a guilty pleasure of mine

Source? It's called reading, Cammie fanboy. Not made-up shit on the internet, but actual published books on Hollywood and actors' careers

You sound upset, R6/R21/R34/R39. Do you always get so pissy when someone shares an opinion different from yours?

Those other actresses you mentioned at R39 are still working because of one or a combination of reasons:

A) They've aged better than Cameron (Banks, Fisher, Hendricks). Far better, in this case.

B) The public is willing to pay to see their films or regularly watch their TV shows (Jolie and Theron, Hendricks for the latter).

C) They've won Oscars or have been nominated several times. Thus, they're considered consistent. (Adams, Theron, Chastain).

There, there. If Cameron knew you existed, maybe she might appreciate your stanning.

She is typecast and is ver good at those roles, but cant do anything else and it will be weird seeing a 50 year old playing those roles, The likes of Charlize and Amy Adams can play other roles believably.

I think the mainstream audience put her in that old fashioned sex bomb / starlet mold and couldn't deal with her doing anything but that. And I don't think Cameron bothered doing what, say, Drew Barrymore and Reese Witherspoon do by starting their own production companies and release smaller scale movies or TV shows with them.

And then look at someone like quirky Allison Janney, who does fairly well with being typecast as complicated mother (Mom, Struck by Lightning, Tonya) and the occasional gem like Bad Education.

I dont think she looks terrible either, she looks like a regular aging starlet, wrinkles and all. She looks normal.

She gets a pass for this.

Once she got her 2nd nose job, the roles started drying up as well, for some reason, she's not as attractive with a straight nose, it makes her look very generic:

She the new Meg Ryan

Wasn't there a blind item, years ago, about celebs who left skidmarks on their underpants? Some were kind of obvious, like Michael Buble and that "BAM!" Tv chef, but I believe Cameron Diaz was one of the women,

If she hadn't been in the habit of washing her dirty ass before her face she might have been quite pretty.

Shit and minge. Thank God I'm gay.

R20 so true and an actress like Cam, who wants to see her in a serious role? We liked her for her fun quirky rom-com persona. I think she could come back in her late 40s or 50s and do romcoms for older women sort of like when Meryl did “it’s complicated”. That is if she can get over being jaded by Hollywood.

She claims she got a nosejob because of a surfing accident. It looks okay, but it definitely changed her face a bit (and becomes more noticable as she gets older).

Anyway, I think it'a hilarious blondes of a certain age (mid-to-late 40s) happen to be good friends (Gwyneth, Cameron, Christina Applegate, Kate Hudson, Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon).

I like Cameron, but hate she jumped on the bullshit lifestyle guru bandwagon with the rest of them. It's highly UNlikely her wine will become synonymous with quality...I guess a lot of celebrities saw George Clooney cash in for 100s of millions and decided to get in on the action (Ryan Reynolds, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, now Cameron).

Out of Gwyneth and Cameron's clique is Christina Applegate. You don't hear much about her personal life and she doesn't talk about all that enlightened crystal-worshipping Earth Mother bullshit. So many of these actresses sound like they worship at the altar of St. Laura Dern.

She is very, very funny in Bad Teacher and The Other Woman. I never liked her until I saw her in those.

I actually respect her for this. I hate stars who claim they're going to leave showbiz, but never do because they're addicted to the spotlight. Didn't Natalie Portman claim she was going to leave showbiz to be a doctor? LOL.

R42 Say what now? Not sure what planet you've been on, but it was Jennifer Aniston who got HER home wrecked by Angelina Jolie, remember?

That's fucking bullshit, R60, especially from a fake news source like "International Busness Times." Stop making excuses for her.

r57, that's probably because Christina had breast cancer, had a double mastectomy, with her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. Shit like that makes people more grounded. And even though she lives a "clean" life, she also founded the Right Action for Women, which helps at-risk women pay for MRI screenings and testing. You don't see the other Alpha Blondes doing that.

Calista Flockhart spoke out about FGM in Africa the 90s.

They could do that to Calista with a butter knife. She'd probably snap like a worn rubber band.

Yes, it's sad that Annie was her last movie. I really liked her in In Her Shoes

[quote] Yes, it's sad that Annie was her last movie.

At least she wasn't in [italic]Cats[/italic]

thats a very unflattering photo in op's link. she looks older for being 47 only.

She's in the same boat as Heather Graham: A former Blonde of the Moment who aged out. I applaud her for enjoying her family and her money rather than turning to straight-to-streaming films or some bullshit TV series. More actresses should do the same.

Acting doesn't infatalise you - it's because she went from being a young model to having very early success.

She never struggled as a young adult and never learned how to do things for herself because she had the money to pay others to do it.

Recognize, Cameron

Ive seen a few pix of her face w/o makeup, pretty rough yes indeed.

I think it's great that she's found peace, but on the other hand, she made alot of money, so she's doesn't have to work, hence peace,

She is a pretty good actress and never seemed too thirsty. She will probably come back at some point. American men have no interest in women they don't want to fuck and given that most screenwriters are male, good parts for older women are rare.

She will forever be a goddess to me for The Sweetest Thing. It's my go to when I need something stupid and still funny after innumerable watches.

She also managed to avoid the MeToo debacle.

Heather Graham was an anemic nothingburger. Thank GOD she's gone. She's basically the blonde Anne Hathaway in my eyes.

She stopped to work on her regrettable complexion.

Remember when starred opposite Daniel Day Lewis in that heavyweight Scorsese thing Gangs of New York? Rom-coms and epic costume drama, she's done it all.

We get it, she has/had bad acne. Move on.

Fuck it! I miss her presence in films. She's actually a lot better than people give her credit. I was very impressed by Cameron in Being John Malkovich. I didn't even recognize her at first. She should return to TV because there's room for aging actresses to comeback like Winona Ryder, Jennifer Aniston and Christina Applegate have done. I just hope she doesn't end up doing talk shows like Drew.

thought she was great in bad teacher and vanilla sky... for those 2 movies alone, she's great..

Loved her in My Best Friend's Wedding and in (the first especially) Charlie's Angels.

[Quote] Loved her in My Best Friend's Wedding

But she'll never be jello.