Cameron Diaz

The actress believes she unwittingly had a close call with the law when she was a struggling model.

I’m this blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl in Morocco. I’m wearing torn jeans and platform boots, with my hair down — this is really unsafe…I told them, I don’t know, it’s not mine, I’ve no idea whose it is.’ That was the only job I got in Paris.” “This was the early ’90s, and they gave me a locked suitcase that had my ‘costumes’ in it. Then I got one job but, really, I think I was a mule carrying drugs to Morocco — I swear to God.”

Actor talks of time in Paris before she became highly paid star when she was asked to carry a suitcase.

In the US, she had made money as a catalogue model, but in Paris “I didn’t work a day. Producers wanted Anna Nicole Smith for the “blonde bombshell” role but Diaz’s agent persuaded her to try out too. I was there a full year and I didn’t work one day.

Before Cameron Diaz found fame in the movies, she was a struggling model in Paris during the early 1990s. As Diaz revealed during an appearance on the ...

“I was doing two films at once and my life was really unbalanced. “I was really burnt out. “But I was there a full year and didn’t work one day.

Before Cameron Diaz became famous in the movie, he was a model who had a hard time in Paris in the early 1990s. Her modeling career wasn't taking off ...

This is really dangerous,” Diaz added. “But I was there for a year and didn’t work one day. “I started working as a catalog model and got enough money to move to Paris and get an apartment, which I still shared with a girl who is one of my best friends,” she says.

Diaz said she was struggling to find work as a model in Paris in the weeks before landing her breakout role in "The Mask," and then she finally got this one ...

Security was looser in airports then so she was allowed to leave it with them and got out of there back to France. she found herself wondering, per ET Canada. "I'm this blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl in Morocco. It's the nineties, I'm wearing torn jeans and platform boots and my hair down ... this is really unsafe." She said she slowly came to realize what was happening when she reached customs at the border. Finally, she got a gig, but it wasn't at all what she expected. I couldn't book a job to save my life." Diaz said she was struggling to find work as a model in Paris in the weeks before landing her breakout role in "The Mask," and then she finally got this one job.

Cameron Diaz made startling revelation that she was once used as a “drug mule” weeks before landing her first role in The Mask.

I told them, ‘I don’t know, it’s not mine, I’ve no idea whose it is.’ That was the only job I got in Paris.” I couldn’t book a job to save my life,” Diaz said. “I was there a full year and didn’t work one day.

Cameron Diaz revealed she once carried illegal substances unknowingly before getting her first big role as leading lady in The Mask.

I told them, ‘I don’t know, it’s not mine, I’ve no idea whose it is.’ That was the only job I got in Paris.” I couldn’t book a job to save my life,” Diaz said. “I was there a full year and didn’t work one day.

The actor recalled the start of her career when she was modelling in Paris, in an interview on the Second Life podcast. Of her first job, she said: “I couldn't ...

“All of the calculations in my head went running back, like ‘what the fuck is in this suitcase?'” Diaz added. “It was before TSA [Transportation Security Administration] or anything like that. Of her first job, she said: “I couldn’t book a job to save my life.

The actress explained that as a struggling model, she once brought a locked suitcase she assumes contained drugs into Morocco.

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Cameron Diaz believes the only modelling job she was hired for when she lived in Paris was used as a front for smuggling drugs.

I’m like this blonde-haired blue-eyed girl in Morocco, it’s the nineties, I’m wearing torn jeans and platform boots and my hair down. I couldn’t book a job to save my life. “But I was there a full year and didn’t work one day.

Could Cameron Diaz have been involved with some criminal dealings early in her modeling career? She certainly thinks so.

Whether she’ll be back to acting consistently following the release of Back in Action remains to be seen. There isn’t much information about Cameron Diaz’s role in the film but fans of the Shrek star will be excited to see her in any capacity. After earning Golden Globe nominations for roles in Vanilla Sky and Gangs of New York, Cameron Diaz chose to retire from Hollywood in 2018 and went on to welcome a daughter with husband Benji Madden in 2019. “I’m wearing torn jeans and platform boots and my hair down, and this is really unsafe,” the actress said of her concerns at the time. “I got like one job, but really I think I was like a mule carrying drugs to Morocco,” she told the podcast. “I didn’t work a day,” Cameron Diaz said of her time as a model in Europe. “I was there a full year and I didn’t work one day.

I couldn't book a job to save my life. I got like one job, but really I think I was like a mule carrying drugs to Morocco, I swear to God.” Diaz said it was “ ...

“I was [in Paris] a full year and I didn’t work one day. I got like one job, but really I think I was like a mule carrying drugs to Morocco, I swear to God.” Diaz said it was “before the TSA or anything like that. “I didn’t work a day,” she said.

Actress Cameron Diaz said she may have been a drug trafficking mule while working in Paris in the 1990s.

I was like, ‘Are you kidding?'” Diaz recalled. There was no way I was putting on anything sexy that day. “I was there a full year and didn’t work one day.

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There was no way I was putting on anything sexy that day," she said. "I was there a full year and didn’t work one day. Diaz, 49, revealed that she moved to Paris in the 1990s with aspirations to become a model.

Cameron Diaz revealed her acting gig in Paris really consisted of transporting drugs to and from Morocco.

“It was the normal thing to do sort of like [laugh] and just be able to get through unscathed.” Diaz’s hits continued with “Vanilla Sky,” “Gangs of New York,” and “The Holiday,” before the star announced her retirement in 2018. “That was my only job I ever got in Paris.”

The 49-year-old "un-retired" movie star has revealed one odd job she had while living as a struggling model in Paris.

“That was the only job I got in Paris.” So while being a drug mule clearly didn’t work out so well for her, Diaz went on to star in blockbusters like There Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, and of course, Charlie’s Angels. When one door closes... I was like, ‘Are you kidding?’” she said, adding that she was also hesitant because she had never acted before. There was no way I was putting on anything sexy that day. “I couldn’t book a job to save my life.” But once she arrived at the airport and was asked to open the suitcase, paranoia set in.

After an eight-year hiatus out of the Hollywood spotlight, the actress is ready to return in front of the camera, after having launched a new organic and ...

But also, don't ignore all the other aspects of what is happening as you go along that journey." And also, the majority of vineyards here in the United States are not organic, and often farm with harmful chemical pesticides." And you kind of have to be ready to do that." "When you're doing something that you know and you've done well and you know how it works and it's consumed your whole life for so long, it's kind of a nice thing to kind of go, 'You know what? "My mom is still my favorite cook," Diaz said. But in 2014, after 20 years and 40 memorable roles — in such films as "There's Something About Mary," "Charlie's Angels," "Being John Malkovich" and "The Holiday" — Diaz made the decision to hit "pause" on acting, at a time when she was the highest-paid actress over 40.

The star has been out of the Hollywood spotlight since 2014.

But, yeah, it's a different lifestyle, and you kind of have to be ready to do that." "Yeah, making movies is a particular skill set that is fun to exercise and be a part of. And in 2019, she welcomed daughter Raddix with husband Benji Madden.

The 49-year-old actress' last role before her hiatus was as Miss Hannigan in the 2014 movie musical Annie. When asked if she misses the world of acting, Diaz ...

But yeah, it’s a different lifestyle and you kind of have to be ready to do that.” “Yeah, making movies is a particular skillset that is fun to exercise and be a part of. “When you’re doing something that you know and you’ve done well and you know how it works and it’s consumed your whole life for so long, it’s kind of a nice thing to kind of go, ‘You know what?

It's not that Cameron Diaz doesn't miss acting, she just hasn't always loved the lifestyle. But now the actress is prepping to make her comeback.

"I got a peace in my soul, because I finally was taking care of myself," Diaz said. Diaz said she hopes Avaline provides a roadmap to transparency among wine products. Diaz may be making her movie comeback but it won't be on the big screen. … Making movies is a particular skillset that is fun to exercise and be a part of," she said. But the highs of motherhood make it all worth it for Diaz. "I think just being able to, you know, have an influence on a child that's developing. "When you’re doing something that you know and you’ve done well and you know how it works and it’s consumed your whole life for so long, it’s kind of a nice thing to kind of go, ‘You know what?

The actress told CBS she wanted to look at "the things that I could do better and be more engaged with that would make me feel more whole."

This isn't the first time Diaz has opened up about her choice to leave acting. Diaz was responding to "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Dana Jacobson, who asked Diaz why she left her career behind when she was at the top of her game. "When you're doing something that you know and you've done well and you know how it works and it's consumed your whole life for so long, it's kind of a nice thing to kind of go, 'You know what?