Cameron Diaz once had an incredibly heartwarming admission about becoming a mum aged 47.
The 51-year-old Hollywood A-lister has a whole portfolio of box office smash hits behind her including Charlie's Angels, The Mask and The Holiday just to name a few.
Diaz gave birth to her first daughter, Raddix, a few years back in 2019 with her husband, Benji Madden.
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She's previously been very candid about how motherhood has changed her perspective on things and honestly, we couldn't love her more for it!
Speaking to Jimmy Fallon about becoming a mum in 2020, the talented actor said: "Every single day, there are leaps and bounds, and these things that happen - she’s not the same baby she was yesterday.
"It’s so gratifying to actually get to see that growth and to be a part of it and to help let her be her, and it’s just amazing."
Anyone that's been around a baby for more than a couple of days knows that watching them pick up new things is both wonderful yet extremely terrifying.
And it also gave Diaz a fresh perspective on ageing, as she told People in 2022: "The whole concept of ageing has just changed completely, even in the last 10 years.
"It's totally opened up. I'm excited. I've got 50 or 60 years to go - I want to live to be 110, since I've got a young child."
To be fair, we're looking forward to getting past 100 and retiring at some kind of vineyard.
Becoming a new mum also allowed Diaz to appreciate her relationship with her parents, adding: "I think you have this amazing moment in your 40s where you appreciate who your parents are, and I want to have that moment with her - be there with her in her 40s."
And she has every intention of getting there, explaining that her family are from a pretty sturdy stock as she told Goop: "My grandmother was running around in the hot San Fernando Valley sun at 72, hauling big bags of rabbit feed and chicken feed around. I think I've got some of that.
"And as is true for most people, I think how I look and feel is some combination of what I do and what I don't do."
Well, we can't wait to see what the queen of rom-coms gets up to 40 years from now but, as for later this year, she's gearing up to star in Netflix's Back in Action alongside Jamie Foxx.
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