My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn’t. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn’t care for the lifestyle.
DREW BARRYMOREI’m sure wine snobs look at me and think, how dare you.
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The reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact that I didn’t even know how to boil an egg.
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I’m certainly not an uptight home owner.
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A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.
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Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, ‘Maybe I’ll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,’ which is what happened when we did ‘Charlie’s Angels.’ Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.
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People are like moths. First they are ugly and awkward, until they break out of their shell and become a beautiful butterfly.
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I try to make movies that I would want to go see rather than ones I would just want to do as an actor. I want people to have movies full of romance and hope and empowerment, something they can escape into and feel good about. I love happy endings.
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I just didn’t understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.
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I’m just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else.
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I try to be a good shiksa wife. I go to Central Synagogue in New York.
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I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won’t be able to get to know someone another way.
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One thing that got me started on it was the jean jacket. It’s an item that could make you believe you’re in the 50s or punk-rock 70s or grunge 90s. I was really focused on timelessness, and I think music is very timeless.
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When you’ve been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn’t have to act perfect all the time.
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I don’t even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don’t want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.
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If I ever start talking to you about my ‘craft’, my ‘instrument’, you have permission to shoot me.
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