Peggy Sirota Doesn’t Play By the Rules

 

Peggy Sirota Doesn’t Play 

By the Rules

As one of the most sought-after names in celebrity photography, 

Peggy Sirota spends her days with Hollywood royalty. But when...

BY 

SCOTT ALEXANDER
PUBLISHED MAR 10, 2014 8:47 PM

Bill Murray, GQ, 2013. Peggy Sirota

Drew Barrymore in Marie Claire, October 2009. Peggy Sirota

Brad Pitt, Premiere, October 1994. Peggy Sirota

Drew Barrymore / 'I don't pretend to be perfect'

Drew Barrymore 

'I don't pretend to be perfect'

Drew Barrymore is back on our screens, this time as a flesh-eating estate agent. She tells Rebecca Nicholson about the endless ups and downs of her life – from child star to teen rebel, and savvy producer to business woman – and explains why she’ll ‘fight to the death to be happy’

Rebecca Nicholson
Sunday 29 January 2017 07.00 GMT

 ‘I stopped working to have my kids,
and so I was nervous about working again’:
Drew Barrymore on her return to acting
Photograph: Danielle Levitt

Drew Barrymore walks into the hotel room in Berlin flanked by assistants, caked in heavy TV make-up and wrapped in a brown fluffy jacket that makes her look like a very glamorous teddy bear. Within seconds, the entourage has disappeared, she’s wiped every last scrap of foundation from her face and she’s rummaging around underneath her dress, a kind of earth mother hippy smock, regretting her decision to wear tights on this sub-freezing day. “Why does anyone wear pantyhose?” she exclaims, barefaced, faux-exasperated, shifting in her armchair, trying to get comfortable. “They’re so fucking sadistic! They’re not even control pants,” she says, conspiratorially, “but I’m forcing them to be.”