Cameron Diaz says she confronted ‘heavy misogyny’ in Hollywood: ‘I didn’t do up to might be completed now’

Actor Cameron Diaz, recognized for her romantic roles in The Masks, My Highest Buddy’s Wedding ceremony and There’s One thing About Mary, says she persevered misogyny in Hollywood for years. The actor, who retired from performing in 2014, stated misogyny was once a regular facet of the trade within the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s.

“I without a doubt didn’t do up to might be completed now as a result of the notice of everyone, you understand, form of just like the #MeToo,” Diaz stated all through host and RuPaul’s Drag Race pass judgement on Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers podcast on World Girls’s Day.

“There have been nonetheless parameters. The Nineteen Nineties, the early aughts, there was once nonetheless heavy, heavy misogyny. Simply the extent of exploitation of powers, it simply laid on all of the trade. It was once the standard factor to do form of like (chuckle) and simply be capable of get thru unscathed.”

The Charlie’s Angels famous person stated her collection of roles weren’t sufficient to wreck in the course of the double usual of the trade however issues are other now.

“Be the one that participated sufficient to make everyone really feel looked after however to not be a sufferer in that place. To know the way to navigate the entire thing as it was once going down all day, on a daily basis in each and every little feeling of layers of lifestyles,” Diaz recalled.

The Vacation famous person, 49, additionally spoke about her determination to step clear of the limelight publish her movie Annie.

“Status could be very infantilizing. It’s very a lot about maintaining anyone coddled in a state…”

“I simply return to the lure of all of it, particularly in our society, like what we price, what we expect is vital. I’m completely a sufferer to all the societal objectifications and exploitations that girls are subjected to. I’ve purchased into they all myself at sure occasions,” she added.