Barrymore doesn’t like high-tech dating

Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore says that like her character in He’s Just Not That Into You she isn’t a fan of technology when it comes to dating.

I wanted to make (my character) the one who is dismayed by technology and it was just a perfect fit for me. I just really liked her. Everything happens organically for a reason, so I felt like a Mary, my character, Barrymore — who also served as a producer on the film — told reporters in Los Angeles recently.

I still have a wall phone and I love tape and shoot on film, so this whole ‘you’re in your pocket and you have to respond immediately and be quirky and quippy”¦’ No guys call any more; it’s all texts, Barrymore lamented. I’m awkward enough on the phone. I’m awkward answering this question. It’s really difficult and I wanted to discuss that in the film. It’s so important in our day and age of Facebook and MySpace and the Internet and texting. It’s just a new ballgame, so I wanted to address that.

The ensemble comedy, which co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Justin Long, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly and Kevin Connolly, opens in U.S. theaters Friday.