Drew puts movie career aside for kids

Drew Barrymore (THE WEDDING SINGER, 50 FIRST DATES, E.T) says she took a step back from acting to become the parent she wanted to be.

Speaking to AARP The Magazine, the TV host said : “I was in my early 40s, and not learning how to be my own healthy, independent individual, how to be the parent I dream to be,” Barrymore explained. “Being other people doesn’t help me figure that out right now. And the long hours of doing films were hours I wouldn’t have with my kids. I wasn’t going to do that.”

Barrymore has two daughters.