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Catherine Zeta-Jones Addresses Whether Leaving Hollywood Was "Detrimental" to Her Career

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Addresses Whether Leaving Hollywood Was "Detrimental" to Her Career
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Catherine Zeta-Jones shared rare insight into her life in New York with husband Michael Douglas and explained how being based on the East Coast has impacted her career as an actress.

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“In fact, I spend more time with New York business people, Wall Street people, art people,” she explained. “Our friends and our people we bump into are different than I would be if I was in L.A. And that's not detrimental to L.A. and people who live there at all; it's just I swing in a few different roundabouts here in the city.”

Catherine and Michael have owned property all over the world, including Bermuda, the actress' native Wales in the U.K., California and the Spanish island of Majorca.

In fact, when they sold their riverfront mansion in the suburban village of Irvington in Westchester back in 2024, the Wednesday actress told The Wall Street Journal they planned to “spend more time in Bermuda and Europe."

"When I purchased our Irvington home, I knew our family would share many happy times here, and we have," she shared at the time, adding, "Now that both our son and daughter have left the nest it seems like the right time to sell.”

The duo are not the only stars who have opted to leave Hollywood. Keep reading for more celebrities who decided to settle down outside of La La Land…

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Published: Feb 2, 2026

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