United Kingdom, March 12 -- Carrie-Anne Moss believes walking away from her Hollywood career was the "greatest decision" of her life.

'The Matrix' star, 57, took a lengthy break from making movies to focus on raising her three children with husband Steven Roy - and she admits feeling a "twinge" after all the great jobs she was turning down but she has no regrets about putting her family first.

Moss told The Independent newspaper: "After 'The Matrix' was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them.

"I remember being torn, having a little twinge like: 'Gosh, I'm getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.'

"And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking: 'At the end of...