Zinapezeka kuti ku America kumakumana ndi nthawi zovuta zomwezo zomwe zimakhudzana ndi kutchuka kwawo pasukulu zaka. Mu gawo limodzi lotsiriza la chiwonetsero cha Durr Barrymore padziko lonse lapansi, adakambirana ndi mnzake pa shopu yochita Natalie Portman. Nyenyezi ziwiri zopangidwa m'chithunzi chimodzi cha 1996 "Aliyense akuti ndimakukondani," zomwe zimakumbukiridwanso mu pulogalamuyi. Mu nthawi imodzi, Barrymore anavomereza kuti: "Ndinawerenga kuti simunali wosavuta kusukulu, chifukwa munayamba mwakhala mukuyenda m'mafilimu, kenako ndinangobwerera kusukulu ndipo mwangodziwa izi Za ena ochita seweroli: Nditakumana ndi zondichitikira, ndinali paubwenzi ndi izi. "
Pozindikira kuti mwiniwake wa Natalie Donman adayankha kuti m'mawu ake onena za maphunziro a sukulu amatanthauza izi: Barrrymore anachititsanso chidwi kuti ali ndi zaka zaubwana, anzanga akusukulu amangokakamiza, nati: "Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndinu wapadera?" Nthawi yomweyo, zochita zawo zonse za kaduka, zidatsimikizira kuti, wachinyamata wachinyamata adamva "wachisoni kwambiri."
Porpman anapitiliza kuti: "Ndikudziwa kuti ndizachisoni kwambiri, ndipo zikuwonekanso kuti achinyamata ayenera kunyadira chifukwa cha zomwe akwanitsa kuchita, koma kwenikweni ndinasiya mutu wanga nthawi zonse ndipo ndinakhala ndi moyo wabwino kwambiri." Komabe, atsikanawo anaganiza zomaliza kulankhula momasuka, pamene Natalie atanenanso kuti anali ngati "botanist wamkulu kusukulu" ndipo adalemba m'makalasi onse "opusa", omwe amaseka adaseka Barrymore.