Drew Barrymore keeps evolving — from star to producer and now director. But at her core she’s still the irresistible free spirit we all know and love.
On being a celebrity …
“I love my life, I really do. But there are moments I battle with it. Some days I want nothing more than a brilliant mask so I could look like someone else and go wander the streets and be free. I'm very peeved that Halloween only comes once a year.”
On exercise …“I don't have the time or discipline or interest in having a perfect-10 body. I work out, I eat right, but I'll always be a little bit of Jell-O on a pole.”
On her relationship with her mom …
“The main love story in ‘Whip It’ is between the girl and her mother. I am OK with my dad, but my mom and I have yet to work it all out. I don't talk about it because ... how do you talk about something you're confused about?”
On girl power …
“I like teams — I like buddies. I don't understand women who are competitive, apart from positive forums like athletics. One person is a powerful thing, but a tribe is unstoppable.”
On her first fashion faux pas …“Anything I wore on the red carpet in the ‘E.T.’ era. What was I thinking? Velour and taffeta, together? Oh, no, no, no. Now I think it's brilliant.”
On her first broken heart …“That would be my first big boyfriend, Jamie Walters. Oh my god, I can't believe I said his name!”