By Simon Boyle PUBLISHED: 17:10 EST, 11 January 2014 | UPDATED: 15:23 EST, 12 January 2014 She is a former model who has been repeatedly cast as the beautiful love interest during a 20-year film career – but Cameron Diaz today warns against telling girls they are pretty. In an exclusive interview with You magazine, the star of There’s Something About Mary and The Counsellor, left, says girls are under too much pressure to ‘look good’. Diaz, who is working on a new film adaptation of the musical Annie, said: ‘On the set of Annie, we have all these little super-sweet girls who are extras and they come up to me and say, “Oh Cammie, you are so pretty, your hair is so pretty, your clothes are so pretty.”
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41-year-old star authored The Body Book which shares her own struggles
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She imparts her wisdom on how to cram exercise into a busy schedule
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Actress said she wishes that women would let other women age gracefully
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