Cameron Diaz's marriage dream shattered by acting career

London, May 9 (ANI): Cameron Diaz has revealed that she refuses to put a "timeline" on her life after her plans for marriage and motherhood in her twenties were "shattered" after she found success as an actress.

The 39-year-old took up modelling as a teenager before making the move into the film industry, and landed her breakout role in 'The Mask' at the age of 21.

Diaz has been in the news over the years for her high-profile link-ups with stars including Jared Leto and Justin Timberlake, but the actress is in no rush to settle down despite her early dreams of family domesticity.

"I thought I was going to be married and have two children by the time I was 21. I think I felt I had to model my life after my mother's," the Daily Express quoted her as telling Redbook magazine.

"But then my career was starting to take off and there were still so many things I wanted to do. So that dream for me was shattered early on. After that I never put another timeline on anything in my life.

"I'm sure a lot of people would expect that I would have had a child by my age. But it's not what I've wanted out of my life thus far. There's a box people put themselves in, and when you (live) outside of it, that makes them uncomfortable - they have to look at themselves and question their own choices," she added. (ANI)