Cameron Diaz says she regularly dealt with “layers and layers of inappropriateness” from colleagues in the entertainment industry before she stepped away from acting in 2014.

Cameron Diaz recently appeared on Netflix’s “SkipIntro” podcast and expressed shock over how drastically film sets changed during her 11-year acting retirement. The Netflix original movie “Back in Action” started streaming last month and marked Diaz’s first acting job since 2014’s “Annie” musical adaptation.

Cameron Diaz reflected on how Hollywood has changed since the 'Me Too' movement, explaining that there were 'always layers and layers of inappropriateness' on sets earlier in her career. She added, 'Some people you have to be forceful with and put up the boundaries.

"There was always just like that one guy, you know, on set, that you were like, 'God, here he comes again,'" she tells SkipIntro

Cameron’s debut acting role came in 1994’s The Mask, co-starring fellow up comer Jim Carrey. She became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, in movies including There’s Something About Mary, My Best Friend’s Wedding, the Charlie’s Angels big-screen reboot, and the festive favourite The Holiday.

Diaz famously left the entertainment industry behind in 2014 to focus on her family and her organic wine business, Avaline. She made her triumphant return to the “big screen” 10 years later, starring alongside longtime friend Jamie Foxx in Netflix’s Back in Action.

In a recent interview for Netflix's Skip Intro podcast, the star reflected on the lack of "safety" and "security" she felt in the early days of her career. "The level of security and safety you feel as a woman now on set is - I had never felt that before this film.