--- title: Cameron Diaz Would Return to Acting on One Condition description: Cameron Diaz says she's retired but would return to acting for a The Sweetest Thing sequel. canonical: https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-30T16:31:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:44.547Z og:title: Cameron Diaz Is Retired But Would Act Again on One Condition og:description: It would involve a reunion og:url: https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d47653c47ecd449/69892c72929fadc84bbf0240/cameron-diaz-acting-retirement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Because Age Is A State Of Mind: Cameron Diaz Joins MPTF To Celebrate Health And Fitness og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cameron Diaz Is Retired But Would Act Again on One Condition twitter:description: It would involve a reunion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d47653c47ecd449/69892c72929fadc84bbf0240/cameron-diaz-acting-retirement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cameron Diaz Says's She's 'Semi-Retired' But Would Act Again on One Condition > Sponsored content. 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Cameron Diaz attends the MPTF Celebration for health and fitness at The Wasserman Campus on June 10, 2016 in Woodland Hills, California. Tibrina Hobson—Getty Images by [Alexandra Whittaker / InStyle](https://time.com/author/instyle/) ## Alexandra Whittaker / InStyle Contributor Mar 30, 2018 4:31 PM UTC When [reports emerged](http://www.instyle.com/news/cameron-diaz-quit-acting-selma-blair) that Cameron Diaz quit acting at age 45, the internet had a meltdown. Fans were upset, people posted long Twitter threads lamenting “why,” and a few did point out that Diaz hasn’t starred in a movie since 2014’s _Annie_. Those Diaz enthusiasts breathed a collective sigh of relief when the originator of the rumor—Selma Blair, of all people—backpedaled her comment. But it turns out she was right the first time, and Diaz clarified it herself. In an interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/29/the-sweetest-thing-reunion-diaz-applegate-blair/)alongside Blair and Christina Applegate, Diaz began talking about doing a sequel to _The Sweetest Thing_, and that’s when she dropped the news. “I’m totally down. I’m semi-retired, too, and I am actually retired, so I would love to see you ladies,” Diaz said. She isn’t the only one though. Applegate also addressed her absence from the spotlight. “I’m literally doing nothing, too! I’m semi-retired, I haven’t worked for years,” Applegate said. “I’m a mom, that’s what we do. So I’m around, man.” Word of Diaz quitting first emerged from Blair in [an interview](http://www.instyle.com/news/cameron-diaz-quit-acting-selma-blair). “I had lunch with Cameron the other day. We were reminiscing about the film \[_The Sweetest Thing_\]. I would have liked to do a sequel, but Cameron’s retired from acting,” Blair said. “She’s like, ‘I’m done.’” [**RELATED: Adele, JLaw, and Cameron Diaz Make Powerful Statement at Women’s March**](http://www.instyle.com/news/adele-jennifer-lawrence-cameron-diaz-2018-womens-march) “I mean, she doesn’t need to make any more films,” she added. “She has a pretty great life; I don’t know what it would take to bring her back. She’s happy” Ultimately, Blair changed her tune and called it a joke, but even though Diaz’s statement is also jokey and lighthearted, it does give clarity. > [](https://twitter.com/SelmaBlair/status/973265925225906176) Fingers crossed that a _Sweetest Thing_ sequel happens. _This_ [_article_](http://www.instyle.com/news/cameron-diaz-retired) _originally appeared on_ [_InStyle.com_](http://www.instyle.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/"},"headline":"Cameron Diaz Says's She's 'Semi-Retired' But Would Act Again on One Condition","datePublished":"2018-03-30T16:31:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:44.547Z","description":"It would involve a reunion","url":"https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d47653c47ecd449/69892c72929fadc84bbf0240/cameron-diaz-acting-retirement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Whittaker / InStyle"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d47653c47ecd449/69892c72929fadc84bbf0240/cameron-diaz-acting-retirement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Because Age Is A State Of Mind: Cameron Diaz Joins MPTF To Celebrate Health And Fitness","caption":"Because Age Is A State Of Mind: Cameron Diaz Joins MPTF To Celebrate Health And Fitness","creditText":"Tibrina Hobson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5222183/is-cameron-diaz-retired/","name":"Cameron Diaz Says's She's 'Semi-Retired' But Would Act Again on One Condition"}}]}] ```