“There were definitely some anxious moments of wondering if I was just throwing it all away, and why I was doing that? It’s taken years to understand what I intuitively was doing,” she added.

At a time when hustle culture is glorified and working more than necessary is still often presented as a badge of honour, it’s refreshing to hear McAdams speaking out about the value of stepping back and having firm boundaries in place. Sure, not all of us have her Hollywood salary, but it’s a sentiment that can be brought into our working lives, whether it’s knowing when to say ‘no’ to that extra (unpaid) responsibility you’ve been landed with (a phenomenon also known as ‘quiet promotion’) or even taking a career break.

And that two-year gap on her CV doesn’t exactly seem to have harmed McAdams’s career. She went on to star in films including About Time, Disobedience and Spotlight, which earned her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.

Up next, she’ll star in the adaptation of Judy Blume’s Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, and while she’s continued to be selective about the roles she picks, it just makes it even more of a joy when we do see her appear on screen.

Rachel McAdams has spoken out about her 00s career break, and it proves there’s value in saying ‘no’