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ForCameron Diaz, a single laugh-out-loud scene is all it takes to make a film worth shooting.

For some reason the thought of him punching him in the throat was the funniest thing to me.

Ted’s main rival for Mary’s affections is Pat Healy (Dillon), a P.I.

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Cameron Diaz in ‘There’s Something About Mary’.Credit:Everett Collection

who’s given up the spying life to win Mary’s heart.

Diaz was only five years into her acting career whenThere’s Something About Marypremiered in theaters.

She was a working model prior to her film debut, the 1994Jim Carreysuperhero farceThe Mask.

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She followedMaryup with a string of modern classics, fromBeing John MalkovichandAny Given SundaytoCharlie’s AngelsandVanilla Sky.

Diaz last appeared in a film in 2014.

Shecasually announcedher retirement from acting in 2018 during a reunion with herSweetest ThingcostarsChristina ApplegateandSelma Blair.

It felt like something I had to do to reclaim my own life.

And I just really didn’t care about anything else."

you’re able to watch the rest of Diaz’s interview withVoguebelow.