Drew Barrymore Jokes She Could Abstain From Sex for Years

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Drew Barrymore has no problem abstaining from sex. During Tuesday's episode of , the 47-year-old actress spoke about Andrew Garfield and his method acting practices, which included abstaining from sex and food, for six months for his role as a Jesuit priest in the 2016 Martin Scorsese film, .«Well, I get abstaining from sex, I did that my entire twenties,»  contributor, Ross Matthews, said during the show's «Drew's News» segment. "«I was like what’s wrong with me that six months doesn’t seem like a very long time.

I was like, 'Yeah so?'» Barrymore agreed. «I mean we buried the lead there, that’s the headline, 'Drew can go six months, no big deal,'» Ross quipped«Oh, years,» Barrymore added.Barrymore knows a thing or two about method acting.

It's a practice she's employed herself, specifically while in her Golden Globe-winning role of Edie Beale in .«There are lots of actors who have, Christian Bale, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey, you do want to transform and fully commit, so I understand that,» Barrymore said of the sometimes-controversial acting method. «I definitely on certain projects, like when I was doing ‘Gray Gardens’ this film I did where I played this beloved real-life woman Edie Beale…»«I was so nervous I didn’t really chit chat with everybody on set, I just really stayed in character, or her,» she continued.Garfield spoke about diving into the role for , during an August episode of the podcast, and the lengths he went to embody the 17th-century priest.«I had an incredibly spiritual experience.