Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blythe Barrymore is an American actress, author, director, model and producer. She is a descendant of the Barrymore family of well-known American stage and cinema actors, and is a granddaughter of actor John Barrymore. Barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. In 1980, she made her film debut in Altered States. In 1982, she starred in her breakout role as Gertie in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and quickly became one of Hollywood's most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth22 February 1975
CityCulver City, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm very homework-oriented - I'm a little Tracy Flick-ish.
When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.
I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
My whole life, I've wanted to feel comfortable in my skin. It's the most liberating thing in the world.
Some of the mini-worlds that filmmakers have created are so ingrained in my love of culture.
I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually.
I'm a carb queen. I'll always order macaroni and cheese, but I don't want it to be fancy. I want it to be as close to Kraft Services as it can possibly get!
My mother and I split ways when I was very young and have never really reconciled.
I loved Duran Duran's "Girls on Film" - it was really sexy and naughty and totally weird. When you're a kid watching that stuff on television you're like, "Well, we are opening up as a society!"
I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.
It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.
I am fundamentally happy. Everyone has experiences that makes them cynical, jaded or unhappy - you just have to fight those things off. I have totally emotional days when I cry and get insecure. PMS weirded out, doomed and tragic. I mean, I'm definitely not just a lollipop, happy in the wind girl. I'm human just like everyone else, but I think that it would be tragic to be on your deathbed and think, 'I could've I should've.' That gets me out of bed everyday. I can't even last like an hour in bed in the morning. I have to get out there and live.
I never act my characters - I am them.
When you become very ill - raise your head. You will definitely see the sunlight.