Steven Spielberg says Young Drew Barrymore in ‘one’ made him a father ‘

Drew Barrymore inspired Steven Spielberg on the set of A In the 80s.

Saturday, January 25, the two opened to work together in the 1982s One the extra-terrestrial Under a panel moderated by Dave Karger at the TCM Classic Film Festival at 92nd Street Y in New York City.

“I think ATo me, the one I’m the most proud of, “Barrymore said,” Because it’s the one that changed my life. ”

The actress, 49, continued, “There is no question about it. Everything in my life is about how I was believed by a human being, and that is the life I try to honor every day.”

The famous instructor, 78, added that it “also changed my life.”

“Until that time – ’81, ’82 – I just made movies,” Spielberg explained. “It was my life. I was obsessed with telling stories but to make A Made me want to be a father for the first time. I’ve never even thought of it until One “

Barrymore said, “I didn’t destroy it for you?” As Spielberg said, “The opposite.”

“Thank God, my job is done,” she replied ghostly.

Earlier in the conversation, Spielberg admitted that he has seen science-fiction flick “Probably more than I have seen any other movie I’ve ever directed, partly because I’ve shown the movie to all my children.”

Spielberg now has seven adult children aged 28 to 48 years.

“I have seven children and six grandchildren,” he told the event. “I have shown the movie to all my children and a couple of my grandchildren. Some of them are still too young because I am always worried that they are worried about one and I will tell them before they turn the corner and are surprised at something what to expect.

In April 2022, Spielberg opened up that the film was inspired by his own parents’ divorce while talking on a Special 40 -year anniversary During the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival.

The director remembered to think, “What if I transform my story of divorce into a story about children, a family who tried to fulfill the great need and create such a responsibility?”

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Spielberg continued, “a divorce creates a great responsibility, especially if you have siblings; we all take on each other. What if Elliott or the child – I had not dreamed of his name yet – for the first time in his life becomes responsible for a way of life for to fill the gap in his heart? ”

He dived more into how the movie inspired his journey into parenthood at the event.

“I didn’t want children because it wasn’t a kind of equation that made sense to me when I went from movies to movies to movies, screenplay to screenplay,” he said. “It never happened to me before halfway through A”

“I was a parent of that movie,” Spielberg added, noticing that he felt protective of the young crew, “Especially Drew, who was only 6 years old.”

He said, “And I started thinking, ‘well, maybe this could be my real life one day.’ It was the first time it found me that I might be a father.