Cameron Diaz Closes to Her Family

    0
    1,732 views

    In a new interview with Parade magazine, 36 years old, Cameron Diaz, the refreshing smile says that despite playing a mom in her new role in My Sister’s Keeper, she isn’t ready to start a family.

    “I think that it’s normal for people to ask that … especially of someone my age, because it seems like the obvious thing: ‘Why haven’t you done it?’ It doesn’t bother me. It’s not the cross I bear,” she reveals. “I’m not somebody who is going to declare either way if I’m absolutely going to or I’m absolutely not going to have children. I have no idea. I’m still young. I have an unbelievable life. In some ways I have the life that I have because I don’t have children.”

    “I have three nieces and a nephew,” she says. “I know what it’s like. I’ve changed the diapers. I’ve seen three births, so I totally get the whole picture. I don’t think it’s a compromise to have children. I don’t think it’s a compromise not to. I think it’s just a different choice.”

    “People might say, ‘That’s bull. She actually really wants to have a baby.’ My answer is: ‘No! Everything I’m bringing into my life right now isn’t geared toward that. It might be one day.’”

    While filming the heartbreaking My Sister’s Keeper, playing a mother fighting to save the life of her terminally ill daughter, when she faced a tragedy of her own. Her 58 years old father, Emilio, died suddenly of complications from pneumonia. Production came to a halt as Diaz headed home to be with her family before returning to complete the film, which opens June 26. It’s almost a year and his memories stay in her “It’s still such a huge thing in my life. There’s no way that I could ever say enough about him. I could never explain how amazing he was. A life that big, somebody that incredible, doesn’t leave. He’s still part of our family. We talk about him all the time.”

    She is extremely close to her mother, Billie, and her sister, Chimine. She credits her family with her work ethic, her backbone, and her admittedly weird sense of humor. But her father was at the center of Diaz’s world.

    The “daddy’s boy”, told the memories about her father, “He was a huge football fan,” she says with a smile. “Dad didn’t have a son, so my sister and I sort of absorbed his love of sports. We’d watch a game, and he’d be screaming at the top of his lungs. Dad was so funny and such a boy. It was great to have that influence in my life.”

    Diaz says the tight bond with her family helped her cope with the loss. “My mother said, ‘If there’s such a thing as grieving well, then we’ve grieved well, as a family,’” she reflects, choosing her words carefully. “I feel like we’ve done the best that we can through this. I think that’s something to be proud of.”

    Start as a model then enjoying her act in movie, started in The Mask with Jim Carrey turned out to be a career changer. “Modeling was like the waitressing that other young actresses were doing,” she says.

    Since then, Diaz has been the sexy comedic darling in breakaway hits like There’s Something About Mary, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Shrek, and Charlie’s Angels. But she’s also gained respect as an actress in more serious roles in films such as In Her Shoes and Gangs of New York.

    Had many realtionship with man, the 36-year-old star, keeps her thoughts about those relationships private. But she’s happy to say that she’s still friends with her past loves.

    She looks back on the relationships with no trace of bitterness. “I think that what I’ve found, in my experience, is that you always find the person who you’re meant to be with at that time in your life,” Diaz says. “And what I’ve also found is that you have to move on from those people at certain times, because that’s the way it happens. For me personally, there’s nothing wrong with that. A lot of people find themselves trapped in something that they’ve outgrown and are unhappy. And they don’t know how to get out of it because they think that they’re supposed to make it happen.

    “I’m in a completely different place in my life now than I was five years ago,” she adds. “I’m very comfortable with where I am, I’m happy, and I’m looking forward to the future. I’m looking forward to this afternoon, tomorrow, the next day, and a month from now.”

    In her career, Diaz remains driven and determined. “There are some things I just don’t hear,” she says, shaking her head. “I don’t hear, ‘You can’t do that.’ To be able to hear that, you have to believe that you’re not capable. The gift that I received from my family is that I was always made to feel that I was capable of doing whatever I wanted to do. There was no question about it. So I’ve always felt that all I can do is my best.”

    Diaz brings that same positive spirit to her campaign to increase environmental awareness, beginning with the Prius she drives. “It’s not about taking care of the planet because we want to protect those fuzzy, cute little bears,” she says with passion. “It’s about us. We’re the ones who are at stake. Our future is at risk.” She orders tap water, not the bottled stuff, and can talk quite emphatically about portion size and wasted food in America.

    “There’s an assessment that comes with experiences in life,” she says. “For me, if I make an effort to get the most out of experiences, then I feel good. I don’t want to face difficult problems and let them sit on top of me and get the best of me. Certainly, I’ve done that in my lifetime. I hope not to do it too many more times.” Her mood changes, and she flashes her trademark smile. “I’m only human. It’s not all sunny days, but it’s not all gloomy either.

    “The real beginning of being happy is having gratitude,” she adds. “That’s where I live. I’m just grateful for what I have. I’m not vying for other things. I don’t need to do this. I don’t need to have that. I think it’s the way I was raised.”

    “I’ll say it again,” she says. “It’s about coming from a very loving family. When you go out into the world and you see what people don’t have, you see how screwed up people can become when they have nothing that grounds them and gives them strength.”

    She is a happy woman and having a happy thought about all that keeps her smiling always.

    Read