While some left the country, others threw it away to spend time with their children: The stars who turned their back on fame
Hollywood is a fickle business. Stars can endure extreme highs and extreme lows.
For some, they achieved incredible success, then decided to step away from fame for a simpler life.
9honey takes a look at some of the biggest stars who turned their backs on the spotlight.
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Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan was one of the biggest Hollywood stars stacking up credits in hit films including Mean Girls, Freaky Friday and Herbie: Fully Loaded.
She first got her start as a child actress, however, appearing in 1998's The Parent Trap.
But despite being one of the biggest stars in the early 2000s, she soon took a break from the spotlight.
Lindsay Lohan
But it didn't last forever.
After moving to Dubai in 2014, marrying and starting a family, the star thrilled fans with her return to acting in Netflix films Falling for Christmas, Irish Wish and Our Little Secret.
She recently spoke about her move to Dubai and how good it was for her.
"Moving here was a fresh start," she told Emirates Woman.
Mara Wilson was a leading child star in the '90s.
She was known for Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street. But in the early 2000s she stepped away from her acting career.
"Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious. The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanising," she reportedly wrote in an old blog post.
Frankie Muniz
He recently told Fox News Digital it was the right decision for him to leave Hollywood and put his acting career on the backburner for a bit.
"As an actor, like, I've been fortunate to do a lot of great things and people tell me, 'I love your show, or I love this or love that,' but, you know, it's all based on opinion," he said.
"Where, as a race car driver, it's not subjective. It's in black and white. You either win and you're the fastest or you're slow."
A reboot of Malcolm in the Middle with some of the original cast has just been announced.
Meg Ryan was one of the biggest stars of the '80s and '90s with leading roles in some of the best rom-coms of the era. Then she took a step back.
Ryan is known for her roles in some of the most memorable films of the generation, including 1989's When Harry Met Sally, 1993's Sleepless in Seattle, 1998's City of Angels, and 1998's You've Got Mail.
The star, 63, recently explained why she took a ''giant break'' from her career and at the peak of her fame.
Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the release of her new film What Happens Later, which she directs and stars in, Ryan said she always thought of her acting career as "a job, not a lifestyle".
"I took a giant break because I felt like there's just so many other parts of my experience as a human being I wanted to develop," she told the publication.
"It's nice to think of it as a job and not a lifestyle. And that is a great way of navigating it for me."
American actress Grace Kelly was an icon of her generation, gracing the screen with appearances in 1954's Dial M for Murder and High Society.
She was a screen darling when she met royalty.
She went on to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956 and turned her back on Hollywood for her new life as a royal until her tragic death after a car crash in Monaco in 1982.
Cameron Diaz reportedly earned upwards of a whopping $54 million per movie.
She rose to fame following 1994's The Mask, before going on to star in the likes of There's Something About Mary and Charlie's Angels.
