A transcript for the interview Drew did on 60 Minutes is now available on CBS News. I’ve also added photos from when she was interview for this back in September to the gallery over at miss-barrymore.com. The video interview will be added to the video section shortly, enjoy!
    
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007: Being Interviewed For “60 Minutes” – September 3, 2009
 It turns out the little girl with the famous family was pretty much on her own. Her father, an actor, who struggled with drugs and alcohol, was rarely around.
Barrymore’s mom, who also acted, had to work to support them both. On the movie set, she says she finally found a home.
“When I did E.T., it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification and the clicking revelations of ‘This is what I want to do with my life and this is where I’m going to survive,’” Barrymore told Cooper. “It was the perfect family.”
Asked what it was like when the movie was over, Barrymore said, “That was the devastating part. Was just, ‘Okay, it’s over.’ How do you keep this going?”
There were plenty of other acting jobs for Barrymore after E.T., but there were plenty of other temptations as well.
Her mom became her manager, but neither she nor her child seemed very much in control. By age nine, Barrymore and her mom were regulars at nightclubs in Los Angeles and New York.
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Last month, Drew was featured in Time Out New York. The outtakes, which most of them are taken by Drew herself (including photos of other people, but only the ones of her have been added to the gallery), have been posted on the magazine’s official website (with the interview) and are now available in our gallery at miss-barrymore.com. Enjoy!
   
Drew, what was your focus for these photos?
Summer in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I love that guy and his doggie. He was just doing his thing—nothing was posed.
Was he like, “Holy shit, Drew Barrymore is taking my photo”?
He was very cool about it. He was like, “Can you e-mail me that?” [Laughs] And I was like, Oh my God, I just wanted to go back to film cameras, ’70s-old-school guy with a purple mohawk, and then the guy’s like, “Can you e-mail me?”! It was a funny moment of, oh, technology.
And who were the ladies in the lawn chairs?
I just walked by that moment, and I envied them because they seemed so happy! I asked, “Can I take your photo?” I am really respectful about taking people’s photos.
Do unto others, huh?
Yeah, it’s ironic. I do wish that was the way people treated me when it comes to photography. It’s more like, “Can you bend over? We’re about to anally probe you.” [Laughs]
Tell me about the shot of yourself in the mirror.
I was in a bathroom at the Half King. Nanette Burstein [director of Barrymore’s forthcoming Going the Distance] is one of the owners of the bar. We went to do some script stuff over cocktails there—great working environment! I loved the tiles in there and I loved the mirror, and I often think after a few cocktails you get loose and stop thinking and start feeling.
Cute bow tie.
It’s my new thing! It makes me happy. It can definitely go asshole, but it can also be a fabric smile.
Which is harder—being behind a crappy disposable camera or a big fancy director’s camera?
They are so different. But I’ve always been in love with capturing a moment. It’s a stamp. It leaves you with a punching impression, and that’s what I’m in love with.
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In an interview with LA Times, Drew talks about her directorial debut for Whip It!, how close the movie’s story is to her and she also talks about her career in general. The interview also features a new photoshoot outtake that has been uploaded to the gallery over at miss-barrymore.com. Enjoy!
 Drew Barrymore, the onetime “E.T.” moppet, wild child and scion of Hollywood, has over the last 15 years made herself the poster child for post-feminism girl power. Through a series of shiny comedies (”Charlie’s Angels,” “Never Been Kissed,” “He’s Just Not That Into You”) in which she starred — and increasingly produced with her business partner and best friend Nancy Juvonen — the 34-year-old Barrymore has preached a bouncy, politics-free, up-with-girls, follow-your-dreams mantra. Undoubtedly, it helped that she happened to be adorable too, with that giddy smile that never quite papers over the shadow of heartbreak.
Now comes Drew Barrymore: The Directorial Debut. Stepping behind the lens for the $15-million “Whip It,” Barrymore saw her film unspool at the Toronto International Film Festival to largely sparkling reviews. It is the tale of a small-town Texas indie-misfit girl (Ellen Page) who yearns to make it as a roller-derby star — regardless of the misgivings of her overbearing mother, a beauty pageant devotee. Lively and bright, “Whip It” plays almost like a tour of the inside of Barrymore’s head.
“If you think about it, it’s very close to me,” Barrymore says. “It seems pretty obvious in a way. I have a tumultuous relationship with my mother, so obviously that story had a deep emotional interest to me — about women who are empowered and can be athletic and capable and kick ass out on the track and be their own heroes, and I think finding your tribe is everything. I certainly found it with my company. Every aspect of this story including first love and rite of passage, and being able to rock out in the car with your best friend, these are all themes that are crucial to my life. I was able to tell my story,” she says of the Fox Searchlight film releasing Friday.
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 The first outtake from Drew’s cover shoot for Instyle Magazine has been released and is now available in our gallery. Enjoy and don’t forget to pick up your copy of the magazine as Drew will be gracing the cover!
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006: Set 086 – Instyle Magazine
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