A superstar may forget an encounter with an enthusiastic fan. They may even forget who they ended up inspiring with their latest work. But a superstar never forgets where they came from, who were their greatest inspirations and support systems when they were not stars yet. Drew Barrymore, the American actress, producer, talk show host and author, was recently hosting an episode with Zelda Williams when she broke down and revealed that Zelda’s father Robin Williams was one of her first and biggest inspirations. Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian who died in 2014 at the age of 63, by suicide. On this episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show" dated Tuesday, February 13, the 48-year-old host was joined by Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse and Zelda Williams who appeared for the promotion of Zelda’s directorial debut film, Lisa Frankenstein.
The actress shared with Zelda how much the late comedian meant to her. She recalled the first time she had stumbled upon Robin, at a time when she was still a budding actor. She said that she had first met the late comedian when she was 7-years-old, just before her big screen debut in E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial. "Your father was the great Robin Williams," Drew told Zelda amidst rounds of applause. "Because he means so much to so many people. And I got the privilege of meeting him for the first time when I was seven in 1982. Steven Spielberg brought him to Saturday Night Live that I was hosting, at seven. I wasn't nervous until your dad came, and then I got nervous. He had such an impact on me and the world." At this, the 34-year-old Zelda commented that the host appeared emotional at recalling her memory. Barrymore’s eyes were welling with tears. However, keeping the sentiments aside, Barrymore chuckled and exclaimed, “Still the youngest host, yes!” She was, after all, one of the youngest hosts on the SNL episodes. Talking about Robin’s legacy that Zelda is carrying forward with her directorial debut, she added, “He’s so wonderful and he has put so much beauty into this world. And he means so much to people. I’m so thrilled that you’re continuing to carry out your family legacy.”
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In a conversation with ET Online, Zelda shared her own moments of inspiration from her father. She said that she used to visit him on the sets of Bicentennial Man. "That was when I was old enough to really understand that there was a whole bunch of jobs you could also do. And that set was really beautiful. Chris Columbus runs a really wonderful set and he's such a kind human that I think you weren't walking into a space that felt tense as well. So, really, it gives you a false sense of security in our industry because then you go and you're like, 'Oh, none of these things get to be made anymore.' Like these huge sets."
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"The Barrymore show" episode concluded with a discussion about the making of Lisa Frankenstein. The stars present there shared their experiences working with Zelda and on the overall film. The zombie-themed movie Lisa Frankenstein is now playing in theaters.
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Will your current friends still be with you after seven years?
Professor shares how many years a friendship must last before it'll become lifelong
Think of your best friend. How long have you known them? Growing up, children make friends and say they’ll be best friends forever. That’s where “BFF” came from, for crying out loud. But is the concept of the lifelong friend real? If so, how many years of friendship will have to bloom before a friendship goes the distance? Well, a Dutch study may have the answer to that last question.
Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst and his team in the Netherlands did extensive research on friendships and made some interesting findings in his surveys and studies. Mollenhorst found that over half of your friendships will “shed” within seven years. However, the relationships that go past the seven-year mark tend to last. This led to the prevailing theory that most friendships lasting more than seven years would endure throughout a person’s lifetime.
In Mollenhorst’s findings, lifelong friendships seem to come down to one thing: reciprocal effort. The primary reason so many friendships form and fade within seven-year cycles has much to do with a person’s ages and life stages. A lot of people lose touch with elementary and high school friends because so many leave home to attend college. Work friends change when someone gets promoted or finds a better job in a different state. Some friends get married and have children, reducing one-on-one time together, and thus a friendship fades. It’s easy to lose friends, but naturally harder to keep them when you’re no longer in proximity.
Some people on Reddit even wonder if lifelong friendships are actually real or just a romanticized thought nowadays. However, older commenters showed that lifelong friendship is still possible:
“I met my friend on the first day of kindergarten. Maybe not the very first day, but within the first week. We were texting each other stupid memes just yesterday. This year we’ll both celebrate our 58th birthdays.”
“My oldest friend and I met when she was just 5 and I was 9. Next-door neighbors. We're now both over 60 and still talk weekly and visit at least twice a year.”
“I’m 55. I’ve just spent a weekend with friends I met 24 and 32 years ago respectively. I’m also still in touch with my penpal in the States. I was 15 when we started writing to each other.”
“My friends (3 of them) go back to my college days in my 20’s that I still talk to a minimum of once a week. I'm in my early 60s now.”
“We ebb and flow. Sometimes many years will pass as we go through different things and phases. Nobody gets buttsore if we aren’t in touch all the time. In our 50s we don’t try and argue or be petty like we did before. But I love them. I don’t need a weekly lunch to know that. I could make a call right now if I needed something. Same with them.”
Maintaining a friendship for life is never guaranteed, but there are ways, psychotherapists say, that can make a friendship last. It’s not easy, but for a friendship to last, both participants need to make room for patience and place greater weight on their similarities than on the differences that may develop over time. Along with that, it’s helpful to be tolerant of large distances and gaps of time between visits, too. It’s not easy, and it requires both people involved to be equally invested to keep the friendship alive and from becoming stagnant.
As tough as it sounds, it is still possible. You may be a fortunate person who can name several friends you’ve kept for over seven years or over seventy years. But if you’re not, every new friendship you make has the same chance and potential of being lifelong.