Drew Starkey Reflects on His Singular Focus in ‘Queer,’ Embracing Solitude, and Navigating Stardom

The pressure to capitalize on his Hollywood moment and fling himself at everything was never going to be Drew Starkey’s style. “I’m not a good multitasker at all,” Starkey says. “I like to have a singular thing to focus on. A lot of my peers are really good at juggling a lot of different things at once, and I’m like, ‘how do you do that?’” he adds.  “It is nice to put almost all of your energy into one thing, and really experience it fully. That’s the only way that I know how to work, and that’s how I like to work.” Since August, the 31-year-old has been laser-focused on “Queer,” his new film costarring Daniel Craig, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville and Omar Apollo. The project, which reunites director Luca Guadagnino with his “Challengers” screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes and costume designer Jonathan Anderson (of Loewe), is based on the 1985 book by William S. Burroughs and follows an American expat living in Mexico City in the 1950s and his relationship with a younger man new to town.  Starkey’s global tour for “Queer” kicked off with the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival, with stops at various other film festivals, premieres and Loewe’s Paris Fashion

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