Drew Barrymore is reflecting on initial response never been kissed From 20th Century Fox.

Hey man joins the actress-producer and talk show host. ’90s host Kristen Taylor of “Called!” talked about the romantic comedy during an appearance on Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show with David Lascher How it became the actress’ first feature under her own production company, Flower Films, and how it became a major turning point in her career.

Barrymore was under a lot of pressure to make the film work because she was the star and also directed.

“Never Been Kissed was very interesting because it was the first official film we made for Flower Films. At the time, people were very tired of actors being producers,” she explains. “A lot of it doesn’t necessarily work, it doesn’t mean that because you’re an actor you know how to make a movie, and it’s about economics. So if you don’t make the movie work and you’re not making it as an actor To make it, you probably wouldn’t be able to do it again. I was stressed throughout the movie.”

Barrymore tells Kristen Taylor and David Rascher hello buddy She was “very scared” during the production process because she knew that if it didn’t work out, Hua Movie wouldn’t “get another chance.” Barrymore claimed it was the “first time” she’d admitted to something so publicly.

She said that while making the film was the “best time ever”, she had to “bite the bullet” [her] I had stomachaches all the time” because of 20th Century Fox’s reaction to Josie. “I would get calls from the studio and they were like, ‘I’m sorry, but you look so unattractive. ‘” I was like, “Great. ” They said, “No, no, no, no, no, no. “They said, ‘This is too far,’” Barrymore recalled.