I don’t want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.
DREW BARRYMOREI’m a real stay-at-home mom. I’m really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.
More Drew Barrymore Quotes
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Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don’t be a people pleaser.
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I just didn’t understand the American political system, and I felt really stupid about that.
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Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy.
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The thing that has been weighing on my mind this week is that I wanted to go and save all the little live lobsters in restaurants and throw them back in the ocean. Imagine me being arrested for that.
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Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!
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I think chemistry is finding something you love about a person and then transfering it to an in love kind of thing.
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I want people to love me, but it’s not going to hurt me if they don’t.
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I didn’t grow up in a traditional family, and I never had a family dinner around the table, so whenever I actually had a dinner ‘plan,’ it meant a lot to me; it made me feel excited and safe.
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I always get nervous before a kissing scene. I make sure I always brush my teeth and eat lots of fruit and nice foods rather than garlic. I’m terribly self conscious.
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I’ve got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That’s a relationship that works.
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A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.
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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 think a breakup can be the beginning of a friendship. That’s not me trying to make everything OK – it’s me saying, “No, we love each other. Let’s not pretend we don’t.”
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I always thought I desperately wanted a husband and a big family, because I didn’t have it growing up.
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If you’re 35 and single and it’s a choice, it feels fine. So I didn’t settle with the wrong person yet. Big deal!
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