Barrymore: 'Directing should be about love'

Drew Barrymore has claimed that she is taking her time over finding a film to direct because she wants a project she can "fall in love" with.

The Going The Distance star, who made her directorial debut in 2009 with Whip It!, also admitted that she spent her entire acting career preparing to become a director.

The 35-year-old told Stylist: "As a director, I'm really trying hard to find something I fall in love with again because it's a really long, intense job that you work on every day for the next three years.

"I have just always wanted to direct. My whole life has been sort of trying to hunt and gather information on how I could be the best director I could be, and I just want to grow and evolve in that form of the job. And I just love films."

She added: "As a director, I was always on time, I had shot-listed, story-boarded, I knew exactly what I wanted and had an answer for every question. When it comes to directing I'm as fastidious as it gets. I'm homework orientated, I'm diligent, I'm disciplined and I'm inexhaustible.

"But my real life is a disaster. You should see my hotel room right now. It looks like Sid Vicious is living there. It's absolutely nuts. I need to call somebody to help because it's started to look weird. I'm just a mess. My desk is a mess. I'm never organised. I lose everything."

Last year, Barrymore revealed that directing was a craft she always wanted to pursue.

Going The Distance is currently playing in the US and opens in the UK on September 10.