It was all I knew, you know what I mean?
Shields told Barrymore of supporting her mother both emotionally and financially.
But we got stuff.
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Its like, I did a movie and we got a car.
All I knew was, keep my mother alive, keep dancing, and get stuff.
Doing this documentary, its given me a life in the most interesting way.
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The pair also bonded over the control their mothers wielded over their love lives.
No, because she was in love with me, Shields said.
I was her main focus.
And both of us were gonna be cut off from our sexuality.
I was gonna stay a virgin.
She was going to be just Teri Terrific.
Shields continued, I dont get it, but I get it.
Its so layered and its so needy.
And its so sad and broken.
We all were aspiring to get approval from our mommies and daddies.
And you gotta go through the process of it.
And its just a lot of work.
At one point, the two former child actors even joked about their shared traumas.
Shields replied simply, I mean, theyre our moms.
This article was originally published byVanity Fair.
