Drew Barrymore has no plans to return to the film industry anytime soon.
Calling SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live” on Wednesday, the “first 50 dates” actress, 46, was asked about a possible return to the cinema, which she quickly rejected.
“To be honest, the answer is no, I don’t want to be on the set of a movie right now,” said Barrymore, who is currently presenting his eponymous talk show. “But that can change when my children are older.”
“I stopped doing that when my kids were born, because I have been doing it since I was in diapers, when I was 11 months old, when I started,” continued Barrymore.
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“And it was a no-brainer for me to leave the production of films in a double boiler so that I could be present and raise my children on my own,” she explained. “I didn’t want to be on a movie set asking the nanny how the kids were doing. I was like, ‘This isn’t my journey.'”
Drew Barrymore revealed that he has no plans to return to the film industry anytime soon.
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Barrymore’s most recent appearance in the film was in “The Stand In”, from 2020, after a five-year hiatus in the cinema, on IMDb.
Barrymore then talked about how moving away from cinema allowed her to explore other opportunities while raising her children.
“And then, when you get away from it, it’s a lot less scary,” revealed the talk show host. “And you know, I started brands. I was able to write a book. I have to do it at the perfect time, like a Netflix show called ‘Santa Clarita Diet’. In other words, I have to say that I was deeply involved in being a mother to my children. I was like, I don’t know who I am anymore. I think I went too far in the opposite direction. “
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Barrymore also discussed how the “Santa Clarita Diet” influenced her career end and how the Netflix series “saved” her in a tumultuous time. From 2017 to 2019, she starred and served as executive producer on the program.
“’And if I can’t remember that I’m a person with a skill set, I can die,’ she continued. “So I started playing this woman who can eat people and it was just how I felt. And it was just perfect and it was comedy and it was delicious and it was fun and it was irreverent and I couldn’t have loved more. And it really saved me.”
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Barrymore currently presents his self-titled talk show on CBS.
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“I gained a lot of weight, I lost my way, I was going through a very difficult divorce because it was the worst thing and everything I didn’t want to happen – and that’s what made it difficult,” Barrymore said. “And I just have to remember, like, you are a person with a history. You are not just a lost mother. You are, you know, a human individual and you can get lost in something and find yourself again.”
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Barrymore noted that the series “was the best thing” that could “have” happened to her.
“So it reminded me of not losing the baby with the bath water, because I don’t want to be filming all the time because I want to raise my children. It’s like you’re that person, don’t abandon who you are for your children. this is a recipe for disaster and child rearing “, she concluded.
Since the launch of the Netflix series, the actress has now focused on presenting and producing her talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show”, which debuted on CBS in September 2020.