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DREW
... the FACTS
Born: Los Angeles, CA
Resides: Los Angeles, CA and Charleston,
SC
Birth date: 5-19-80
Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'0
Weight: 155 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Status: Never married, no children
Want children: Yes
Nonsmoker
Occupation: Actor (Lifetime's Army Wives).
On his role models: "That's so tough. At 15-years-old,
Independence Day comes out and you think that's the coolest
thing you've ever seen. But as I've progressed and gotten
older, you know I'm now 28 years old, I enjoy specific types
of performances like a Daniel Day Lewis whether it's Gangs
of New York or There Will be Blood or like a Joaquin Phoenix
in Walk The Line. It's now more performance oriented, who
delivered just powerhouse performances that really moved me
as an artist and as a person."
... on HIMSELF
Strengths: "The first thing that comes to mind is my
spontaneity. I'm never one to sit down and plan things. I'm
always down for spur of the moment activities or trips. It
seems like that integrates with my lifestyle. It's a lot
easier than try to nail down a time to make a trip or make
solid plans because my schedule changes on a daily basis
that it's so much easier for someone just to spring up a
last minute plan and for me to go than try to plan
something. I don't feel like I'm ever in one place for more
than a couple weeks at a time. Sense of humor, it's really
sarcastic and dry. And I kind of just enjoy the sparring
with people who are kind of on the same level of humor, that
appreciate that kind of humor, not such obvious on the nose
slapstick humor but definitely more kind of this witty, off
the cuff a little bit type of humor. I think from a very
early age, I've always been outgoing. I'm not really an
introvert. I love meeting new people, I love having
conversations. I love traveling. I love doing anything and
everything that kind of helps me experience life. And so any
possible conversation I can strike up with someone new and
interesting, I'm always looking to do that because I'm
always looking to learn more."
Weaknesses: "That's an interesting question. I try
never to think in those kind of terms. I think there's
nothing wrong with having a weakness as long as you
acknowledge it from the outset and then work daily to
overcome it so it no longer becomes a weakness but more of
an asset. Sweets. I love sweets. After every meal, I can eat
a sweet, Any and all, any sort of treat. I'm all about the
treat."
Others may not see: "I think I'm a lot more
introspective than people give me credit for. Because I'm
usually always kind of talking and laughing and entertaining
and then I have those moments where I'll just completely
kind of look inside myself and just start thinking about the
situation or a person or a theme whether it's politics,
religion, whatever, and I get really really quiet. And every
time I get really quiet everyone always asks what's wrong
because I'm always outgoing and loud and having a good time
so when I turn inward and get introspective, I think it
freaks a lot of people out but really it's just me learning
to be at peace and not always feel the need to entertain or
be talking. As I'm getting older, I'm getting more and more
comfortable with just being. It's going to be a constant
work in progress but I feel daily I'm getting better at just
letting go and being quiet with my thoughts and my
actions."
Interests: "I have a real obsession for motorcycles. I
own many and I'll be owning many more throughout my life. I
love motorcycles. I love watching it, I love racing. I race
a lot as a hobby. It's my passion. I'm obsessed with it. I
love motorcycles, I love everything about motorcycles. And I
just love everything outdoors. I love snowboarding, surfing,
basketball, tennis, rock climbing. Anything that's just
freeing and enjoying the world at large. I try to see a
movie every day, whether it's Netflix or in the theatre.
Every day one movie. I'm such a fan of the whole movie going
experience. I like sitting in a cool dark theatre on a hot
summer day. I love previews, it's my favorite part of the
movie a lot of times are the trailers. And one of my
bookmarks on my computer is a trailer's website. I love the
whole process of film and I love still being able to enjoy
it as a fan, either at a movie theatre or Netflix."
Turn-ons: "Life. Just living life. Going through
Europe, experiencing different cultures, eating an amazing
meal. Just literally life. Life is a turn on. I love
everything that it offers daily. It could be traveling on a
train through the French countryside or going out all night
in Rome or being with my closest friends and family in the
Italian countryside just sipping on wine and just loving
life. I really try to live it to my fullest every single
day."
Turn-offs: "Malicious intentions, dishonesty,
unwarranted aggression."
Special Talents: "My way of integrating into whatever
surrounding that I'm in. I play the piano. I have a piano in
Los Angeles. I'm learning to speak French. I feel it's a
necessity. You go over to Europe and most people speak
minimum two languages if not more. And for the most part,
American people just speak English. So I'm really trying my
hardest to learn French. I love it, I love the language,
it's so beautiful."
Charities: "Yeah, there's a couple that I'm involved
with. The first one is Art of Elysium. It's amazing. you go
into these different hospitals for children and it embraces
healing through arts whether it's music, reading and
writing, performance. I got involved with it a couple years
ago, it's wonderful, it really is wonderful. And then the
other one is Gett Love, which is one of the largest
independently financed moves to help feed the homeless.
She's just this wonderful woman, Ailene Getty, she started
this charity on her own, pays for everything herself.
There's so many little things that people take for granted
every day, like being able to put on a fresh pair of socks
and she has this beautiful philosophy where everyone
has the right to that and a meal every single morning. So
every single mooring, she feeds the homeless. Actually the
grass roots of it was we walk around with a big pot of
coffee and some donuts and we just walked around Hollywood
trying to feed homeless people to feed and sometimes we'd
find two and other times we'd find 10 but it was never
organized and in the last year and a half it's turned into
this thing where we have a place that they come to,
sometimes we're feeding 175-200 people every morning. And I
try to do that 3 times a week when I'm in town. http://gettlove.org/."
Travels:
"I love it. Been to Europe, haven't done the Asian tour
yet, I'm looking forward to going to Japan and Australia and
New Zealand. I'm hoping sooner rather than later a job will
take me there. Usually when I have time, I like to just hop
on a plane and go to Europe. My favorite place is Lake
Como."
Spirituality: "I'm very spiritual. I was raised in a
really spiritual household and I embrace the concept of
prayer and connecting to the idea that we are not alone and
that there's something much greater orchestrating this
beautiful symphony."
Fashion sense: "My style is whatever strikes me for the
day. I try to keep it really simple. I just dress what's
comfortable, it's not like I'm prone to any one thing. I
mean I definitely do enjoy fashion. I like clothes. And I
like to dress up in a really great suit, that always makes
everyone feel really good. It's a good feeling to dress up
in a nice suit. There's jeans and T-shirt, sometimes there's
T-shirt and slacks, sometimes it's like a dress shirt and
shorts, I mean it really changes on a daily basis. I keep it
really casual and when it comes to night time, when it's
time to step up, I make a very solid attempt at doing
so."
Staying healthy: "I try to do something every day
whether it's yoga or I've really got into cycling lately and
I think that's part of my motorcycle obsession, it's just
anything on two wheels. There was a point in LA where I was
riding my bike 40 miles every other day. Or go to the gym,
or run. It's changing daily but I do make an effort every
day to do something. I pretty much get away with eating what
I want."
What touches my soul: "Just excitement, again
excitement for life. That's why I love children so much, I
love the fact that they're just so in awe of everything they
see, it doesn't matter, any experience that they have is
kind of amazing and beautiful, and I love that child like
innocence that I see a lot of times in adults too. You know
you kind of catch someone unaware that they were acting like
a kid but in the most beautiful way. I love that, I love
that concept of that beautiful innocence and compassion for
everyone and for the world."
... on WOMEN
I first notice ... "Two things, her eyes and her teeth.
My mom and my uncle are both dentists and so I grew up in
that kind of household where I'm always looking at people's
teeth, because my mom was always staring at my teeth ... And
eyes tell you the whole story in one second."
Attention-getters: "Just their personality because
again I'm very sarcastic, and usually when I start talking
to someone, there's like a jab here and a sarcastic
undercurrent running through me and so what stands out is if
someone can throw that right back in my face. Then this kind
of like beautiful dance begins. But a lot of times I'll
throw that out there and it will just not land how it's
supposed to and all of a sudden I've said something
offensive and I'm left back pedaling and apologizing and the
whole time I was really just joking around. So yeah, it's
just if someone can keep up with my pace, whatever pace that
is while it's my unique kind of thing. Like if someone can
keep up and throw it right back in my face, that's
attractive to me. That's exciting."
Ideal woman: "Selflessness, compassion, spontaneity,
has to have a big sense of spontaneous nature, easygoing,
has to have a lot of joy, has to have humor."
I can't resist a woman who ... "knows what she wants
and doesn't make any apologies for doing what she has to do
to get what she wants."
Most important quality in a woman: "Compassion. If we
look at the literal definition of compassion, the world
needs more of that."
Ideal date: "That perfect date, it's not really what
you do, it's who you are with so there's multiple things I
love to do. I love spending an afternoon at a museum with a
girl and I'm being moved by beautiful pieces of Art and then
talking about it over coffee later and then taking a walk
and continue discussions and have one thought lead into
another thought and then grab a wonderful dinner with some
wonderful beautiful wine and again, it's easy flowing
conversation revolving around beautiful food and Art. But
again, it's not where you necessarily are but who you're
with."
I'd call a woman back after a first date ... "if I had
a good time. I've never approached dating in the conditional
like hey you want to go on a date with me kind of thing.
I've never been like that. I've never been good at that kind
of thing. It was more of like hey you want to go just do
something, like let's just do something. The moment it
becomes a date then all of a sudden you're very aware of
everything, am I holding my fork right, do I smell ok,
breath, then all of a sudden everything becomes like this
very cognizant, you're very aware of everything and you're
also not being real. If you keep it casual and just allow
things to go there if they're supposed to go there, then
there's no, you're not having to check yourself and I feel
like first dates are always so silly, that concept of let's
go out to dinner and you pick someone up and you go have the
dinner conversation because literally you're afraid of
everything and so you're only telling them only the best
things and only the best stories and so if you just keep it
really casual and cool and just fun then that pressure of
being liked or "perfect" doesn't exist and you can
just be you. It's horrible, I don't like that sort of thing
I've always kind of stayed away from it."
How I show I care: "It's the little things, it's
remembering details, it's not necessarily the big birthday
gift on the birthday, or the big Xmas gift or whatever. It's
like little things, tiny reminders. It doesn't have to be
anything expensive or outrageous, just something that kind
of makes them smile. Or a flower every once in a while, it
doesn't have to be a bouquet of 50 roses, it can be just
one. Little things daily to remind the person, that I love
you."
What makes a woman unforgettable: "Her personality and
the time I had with them"
What I wish women understood more about men: "That's a
dangerous question, I don't know. Listen. And that goes for
both men and women. If men listened more, and women listened
more, I think there'd be a lot less divorce."
One thing a woman has never done for me yet, but I would
love it: "No, I've been pretty blessed. Anything that
I've ever possibly imagined, has always found a way of
coming true to some sort of extent. I've been really
blessed, I'm just in a beautiful place in my life right
now and I'm grateful for everything, so no."
... on RELATIONSHIPS
On marriage: "Marriage and family are the most
important. Look, my parents have been married for 36-37
years, they're best friends, my grandparents have been
married for like 69 years, they're best friends, and my
mom's parents who have both passed away they were married
and really happy for 40 some odd years, my sister who's
younger than me is already married to her best friend and
they already have a kid. And they're going to stay married
forever. What I've been surrounded by my whole life is this
really strong concept of family. Family's the most important
thing to me, and so yeah, I can't wait to have my own
family. I think when you know, you know. Life is so, I mean
it's relatively short and there's so many ... when you know,
you know. Like you just know, you know like this is the
person I want to spend the rest of my life with and I still
believe that that concept of until death to us part, that
exists. I'm holding out, I'm crossing my fingers and praying
that that is still the case. Hopefully it happens sooner
rather than later, much sooner rather than later. I want
children, I want a big family."
On relationships: "A relationship, it's the foundation.
If you ever want to get married and have a family, you have
to have a solid, strong relationship from the outset. It's
really important that no one ever settles. When it comes to
relationships, just don't settle, don't settle because
you're lonely, or you're needing validation or whatever. Do
it, get into something because this was what's right, this
is what you know is right. Again, I'm not going to settle
for something other than something that I feel is right. A
lot of times I'll be with someone for a month or two and it
feels right but there's something clearly missing, I don't
know, it's a hard thing to explain."
What I love most about being in a relationship: "The
inspiration that I get on the daily basis. The fact that I
can be entirely who I am, and we're always changing, we're
always growing, sometimes we're having a bad day and I don't
have to worry about offending someone or putting a false
pretences out there. I can just be me and know that I'm
going to be supported and loved through anything. But, yeah,
but most importantly the inspiration that it daily gives me,
to be better, to work harder, to live more, to love
stronger, if that's possible."
Top relationship keys: "Honesty, trust, you got to have
the same spirit, that term kindred spirits, I mean that
really means something."
What I expect: "The same things I look for in love,
honesty, trust, spontaneity, love, truth, everything. If I'm
going to be in a relationship, it has to be 100% all in, no
strings attached. Completely give yourself over to the fact
that you are going to be sharing your life with someone
else."
When I'm in love, I'm ... "happy, I'm confident, I'm
more confident than I've ever been when I'm in love."
Greatest relationship lesson: "Communication. The most
important thing in a relationship, I think."
Secrets to your parent's success: "Some days it's
amazing, and other days it's not so much, but at the end of
the day they love each other and you got to be best friends.
When you're in a relationship, it can't be just love and
sex, it has to go beyond the throes of the bedroom, it has
to translate to being stimulated mentally and having the
same interests and the same core values."
What makes me feel close to a woman: "All the things I
just said, being connected on all levels, spiritually,
physically, mentally."
What makes a woman marriage material: "You know when
you know. You just know. You meet someone and you know. It's
kind of like an instanced thing. You just know, something
goes off, something clicks, an enlightenment in your
thoughts or in your heart or something. I don't know, I
can't even explain it, it just clicks. You know what it is,
like you know the score from the outside. It is what it is.
It's fun, it's good times, does this person stimulate you
the way you need to be, do you see a future with this
person, maybe not. Then you meet the right one and
everything kind of clicks into place, they stimulate you now
and you know they'll stimulate you in the future."
... on LIFE
Making my mark: "I'm trying my best every single day. I
got in this business originally to affect people the way
I've been affected. I think that's why I still go to the
movies all the time. I get my main inspirations from
watching beautiful performances. And if what I can do or a
performance that I give gets people to forget about their
day or their hardships or inspires some sort of, inspires
anything, just inspires someone, then I've made my mark and
it doesn't have to be big and grandiose. It can just be one
individual person, you never know who you're going to touch
and in what way and in turn how they're going to touch and
affect. Maybe they change the world, you just never
know."
Responsibility to society: "I feel responsibility to
myself to be the best I can be."
Valuable life lesson: "Never take anything at face
value, always dig deeper."
Three things I must do in this lifetime: "No, I mean
there's a billion things but there's no bucket list."
Best advice received: "I don't have one piece of like,
there was never a sentence that has stuck with me throughout
my whole life."
... on HIS FAVORITE THINGS
Movie: "City of God, Oldboy, Girl on the Bridge, Leon,
True Romance."
TV Show: "Lost, Dexter, Mad Men, 30 Rock."
Book: "Whatever one I'm reading at the moment. I'm an
avid reader. I love it. They're all wonderful in different
ways, shapes and forms. I don't know. It's too hard. It's a
tough thing, I really am enjoying whatever I'm reading,
right now I'm reading Water For Elephants and it's
incredible. I love it."
Music: "Joy Division, Portishead, Sigur Ros, Victoria,
Luke Rathborne, GZA, My Mourning Jacket, Death Cab for
Cutie, Waldeck (I could go on for years)."
Food: "Everything except shellfish, sour cream and
mayo."
.. final THOUGHTS
Wheels: "KTM Super Duke, BMW GS1200, Yamaha R6 and R1,
and next up an MV Augusta F1+1 (motorcycle addiction)."
Pets: "2 Dogs - Tennessee and Step Father to Izzy."
Tattoos: "Not yet but they will be a comin'. Oh
yeah, I think about it every day because there's a lot that
I want so I'm trying to sift though impulse and then
actually what I'm willing to live with for the rest of my
life."
Always in my refrigerator: "My fridge is always stocked
really well. With all different sorts of beer and cheese,
wine, fresh produce. I'm pretty domesticated regardless if I
was completely single or in a relationship. I love eating
and I love entertaining so my fridge and my pantry's always
stocked with goodies."
Hottest possession: "My Art. I collect Art, my Art
pieces. Oh huge, but anything in the Arts, I look for
inspiration from books, from music, from Art, going to
museum."
I'd change places for 24 hours with ... "Valentino
Rossi, he's maybe the greatest man on two wheels that's ever
lived. He's a motorcycle racer. He's so humongous
gynormousely huge in Europe and Asia, basically everywhere
else in the world except for us. I'd love to win a race
being him and just get that feeling, that rush of going 200+
miles per hour and competing with 12-16 other of the fastest
men on the planet on two wheels and taking the crown. It
would be incredible."
Me in a word: "Happy."
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