Drew Barrymore‘s daughters might just be the biggest fans of her work.
“They loveEver After,50 First Dates— and it’s weird, if anyone comes over and my movie’s playing I’m like, ‘I swear to God, I’m not that [egotistical] jerk that’s like, “Here, kids, we’re watching [my films],” ‘ ” joked Barrymore, 44.
“But they call it a ‘mom movie’ and they just enjoy watching it, and I’m proud of who I am and what I’ve done and especially the messages,” she added of her storied film-role history. “I made themexactly for what young girlsand boys feel. We’re all just trying to find love, be kind and kick some ass here and there.”
Drew Barrymore inEver After.20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in50 First Dates.Snap Stills/REX/Shutterstock
Drew Barrymore.Good Morning America
Michael Strahanthen asked the star the million-dollar question that was likely on many an audience member’s mind: Have the girls seen the film that launched her into stardom,E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
“They’ve seenE.T., yeah … Olive hasn’t really gravitated toward it as much as I would’ve thought so far, but I think she’ll get back into it,” Barrymore revealed, sharing of a different ’80s fantasy flick Olive is more a fan of at the moment, “She lovesThe Goonies.”
The girls are admittedly not the target audience for the at-times bloody (albeit hilarious)Santa Clarita Diet, though — and in fact, Olive needed a bit of a talk-down during one scene of the most recent season when she was spending time on set and her mom got fake-stabbed with a fork.
“Olive was there that day and she didn’t like that. I was like, ‘No, look, it’s fake!’ ” Barrymore recounted.
Drew Barrymore (L) with daughter Olive.Drew Barrymore/Instagram
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“I just said, ‘You get to do whatever you want to do’ and she goes, ‘Iwant to be an actress.’ And I said, ‘Okay, cool,’ and then she goes, ‘But I also need to be a policewoman,’ ” Barrymore recalled. “I was like, ‘I love you so much!’ ”
Season 3 ofSanta Clarita Diet, also starringTimothy Olyphant, is streaming now on Netflix.
source: people.com
