Cameron Diaz thanks Jamie Foxx for helping her return to acting after a decade

Cameron Diaz has credited her return on the big screen to co-star Jamie Foxx.

The actress, 52, is back after a 10-years hiatus, starring alongside Foxx in new Netflix action-comedy Back in Action.

During her conversation on The Graham Norton Show, Diaz expressed her excitement about coming out of retirement.

She said, "I had 10 years of not paying attention to anything; not accepting any advances, and then I got this script and thought that maybe it was time.”

Gushing over Foxx, the actress went on to add, “If I was going to leave my family for 10 hours a day I wanted to do it with the most talented man in the entertainment business."

"It is a privilege to make films, and we are all so lucky to do what we do. That the door was even open for me after a decade was amazing. I loved those 10 years for me and my family, but I thought, ‘If I let this go away, if I don’t engage again, and if I don’t give it a chance, I am a fool.’ It might be the beginning of something, but it's here now and I am grateful for it," Diaz added further.

Additionally, she also credited her husband, Benji Madden for his support in an interview with E! News earlier.

Diaz said, “He’s just the best. We were in the house for a long time, which was amazing.”

She went on to add that Madden was like “‘You've been supporting us and building the family.’ He's like, ‘It’s time for us to support you and let Mommy ascend and do her thing.'”